- PDP: Judgment has castrated Abuja High Court verdict
Tobi Soniyi in Lagos and James Sowole in Akure
The Akure Division of the Court of Appeal Saturday affirmed the qualification and eligibility of Osun State’s governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, to seek election as governor.
Presided over by Justice M.A Danjuma, the court dismissed the appeal against the judgment of an Osun State High Court sitting in Oshogbo which had confirmed the eligibility of Adeleke to contest for the governorship of Osun State.
The court had Justices R.A Abdullahi and P.A Mahmoud as members of the panel.
But the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in reacting to the judgment, said it has castrated the judgment of the High Court, Abuja, because it had nothing to stand on.
The Osogbo High Court had ruled that Adeleke was qualified to contest for the governorship having been educated up to secondary school…
