Tribunal Dismisses Agbaje’s Petition

A three-man tribunal, led by Justice Muhammad Sirajo, has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Jimi Agbaje, seeking nullification of Ambode’s victory.

The tribunal sitting in Lagos today,upheld the victory of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who was returned winner of the April 11, 2015 poll in Lagos State by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Agbaje and the PDP had approached the tribunal claiming that the April 11, 2015 governorship poll in Lagos State was conducted in breach of the INEC’s specified guidelines, adding that the said election was fraught with irregularities.
But the judge wednesday ruled out the petition described Agbaje and the PDP’s petition as incompetent and therefore dismissed it.