The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the election victory of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
According to Vanguard, the apex court in a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of Justices dismissed an appeal the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate in the state, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, filed to challenge Fayemi’s victory.
In a lead judgment delivered by Justice Iyang Okoro, the Supreme Court said it had no reason to dislodge concurrent decisions of both the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which held that the case of the appellants lacked merit.
“I am satisfied to hold that there is no merit in this appeal. It has to be noted that in this case, the two courts below are concurrent in their findings.
“This court is always hesitant to interfere with concurrent decisions of the lower courts”, Justice Iyang added.
He said the apex court would only intervene where an appellant was able to establish "clear errors that occasioned a miscarriage of Justice”.
“This appeal has no merit and it is accordingly dismissed. I affirm judgement of the lower court”, he added.
The apex court panel was headed by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad.
