BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds election of Governors Sanwo-Olu, Masari

The Supreme Court on Wednesday
affirmed the election of Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State
after dismissing two appeals
against his election.
In a decision by a seven-member
panel of the apex court on
Wednesday, the court said the
cases brought by the applicants did
not comply with the requirements
for such applications according to
Nigeria’s electoral law.
The court also ruled that the
allegation of non-compliance
brought against Mr Sanwo-Olu
were not substantiated.
“A petitioner has the freedom to
use his own language but should
know that he is taking a big risk,”
the court ruled.
“They were supposed to prove that
the noncompliance not only
existed but that it substantially
affected the result of the elections.
This they failed to do,” the apex
court ruled.
The court in a similar decision also
affirmed the election of Governor
Aminu Masari of Katsina State
after ruling that the application
challenging the legality of
documents submitted by Mr
Masari to the electoral umpire,
INEC, was unmeritorious.
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