Senator Ademola Adeleke, again wins as the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by Dotun Babayemi, questioning his being fielded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for last Saturday’s election, which he won against the incumbent, Gboyega Oyetola.
Babayemi had lost at the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, where he took the governor-elect, seeking to be declared as the PDP candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state, and had gone upstairs after losing the bid.
It was the fallout of the two factions of the party, which had on March 8, 2021, conducted separate governorship primaries with Babayemi winning the primary election held at the Children and Women Development Centre in Osogbo, while Adeleke prevailed over that held at Osogbo City Stadium, which was backed by the PDP National Working Committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), leading his being fielded on the ballot for the election.