The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.
In a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel, the court held that the appeal by Segun Oni was statute barred.
Justice Amiru Sanusi, in the lead judgment, held that the case, being a pre-election one, was not commenced at the trial court, within the required time, as stipulated under the Forth Alteration Act.
Oni, an ex-Governor of Ekiti State, had appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the decision of a Federal High Court, to the effect that his (Oni’s) challenge of Fayemi’s eligibility to contest the last governorship election in the state, was without merit.
