The governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State (PDP) during the 2023 general elections, Olajide Adediran, best known as Jandor, has rejected the outcome of the election tribunal judgement.
Jandor, on Monday, September 25, expressed dissatisfaction over the verdict of the state’s election petitions tribunal which upheld the re-election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Reacting to the development, Jandor, in a statement by his media aide, Gbenga Ogunleye, said the ruling was quite unfortunate, The Punch reported.
The governorship hopeful hinted that the panel refused to consider the credibility and convincing evidence presented before it to challenge the qualifications of the APC and Labour Party candidates by his (Jandor) legal team.
He added that the decision of the tribunal was contrary to the provisions of the constitution and the Electoral Act 2022, especially “on issues bothering on qualification of a candidate in an election.”
The statement partly read: “This is not the end of the electoral process, it is just another stage. We will study the judgment and take decisions in the best interest of Lagosians.”
Meanwhile, the Lagos tribunal dismissed the preliminary objection of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which asked it to set aside the petition of the PDP.