The Supreme Court has on Tuesday morning, in a unanimous decision, upheld the election of Peter Ayodele Fayose as the Ekiti State Governor.

‎The decision of the the apex court’s seven-man panel led by Justice John Fabiyi  upheld earlier decisions of the Court of Appeal and the Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had both ruled that the petition challenging Fayose’s victory by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacked merit.

In the lead judgment delivered by a member of the panel, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, the court dismissed all the grounds of appeal filed by the petitioner, the All Progressives Congress (APC), resolving all four issues arising from the appeal against Fayose’s victory in the favour of the incumbent Ekiti State governor.

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