AD Gov’ship Candidate Asks Tribunal To Stop Sanwo-Olu’s Swearing-In — Leadership Newspaper

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The Alliance for Democracy governorship candidate in the last general election, Chief Owolabi Salis has asked the Lagos State Governorship Electoral Tribunal to stop the inauguration of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Executive Governor on May 29.

Salis, who made the request in an interim application he filed before the Tribunal, predicted his objection to the swearing in of Sanwo-Olu on the allegations that he has a criminal record in the US and that he is of unsound mind.

The politician joined the Independent National Electoral Commission, Sanwo-Olu, All Progressives Congress and the Lagos State’s INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner as respondents to the application, which was filed separately from his petition.

Other respondents are: the Returning Officer for The Lagos State Governorship Election, the Commissioner of Police and the Nigerian Army.

In the application, the applicant argued that the Governor- Elect is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind and who…



Source: Leadership Newspaper