Supreme Court substantiates Fayose’s victory

Abuja - The Supreme Court has affirmed Ayodele Fayose as the duly elected
governor of Ekiti State in the June 21, 2014 election, Punch reports.
The apex court upheld the earlier decisions of the Court of Appeal and the
Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had both earlier ruled that
the petition challenging Fayose’s victory lacked merit.
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In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, the apex court
dismissed all the grounds of appeal filed by the petitioner – the All
Progressives Congress – and resolved all four issues arising from the appeal
against the party.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Fayose of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 203 090 votes to defeat the then
incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of the All Progressives Congress
who polled 120 433 votes in the election.