Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday
lost its last hope for being declared winner of any of the chairmanship
elections conducted in all the local government areas and Local Council
Development Areas of Lagos State on October 22, 2011.
The Lagos State Local Government Election Petitions Appeal Tribunal, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, affirmed the Action Congress of Nigeria’s victory in Agbado-Okeodo LCDA chairmanship election.
In all the petitions that arose from the 2011 local government elections, the lower tribunal reversed ACN’s victory in two chairmasnhip elections, one of was that of Agbado-Okeodo LCDA.
Earlier on January 31, 2013, the appeal tribunal upheld ACN’s victory in the chairmanship election in Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA by reversing the judgment of the lower tribunal which declared PDP as the winner of the election.
The appeal tribunal, in its judgment, upheld the declaration of Adewale Adeniji of the ACN by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission as the winner of the chairmanship election in Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA.
On Thursday, the Opeyemi Oke-led five man appeal tribunal, upheld ACN’s candidate in Agbado-Okeodo LCDA chairmanship election, Augustin Arogun.
In the lead judgment read by a member of the appeal tribunal, Justice Kazeem Alogba, the tribunal upturned the lower tribunal’s judgment which earlier declared PDP’s candidate, Chief Busari Akande, as the validly elected chairman of the the LCDA.
The appeal tribunal was delivering judgment on the appeal filed by LASIEC challenging the decision of the Justice Ade Owobiyi-led tribunal.
The appeal panel had in February affirmed ACN’s victory in a judgment delivered on a separate appeal filed by the party and its candidate.
Alogba declared the entire proceedings of the lower tribunal, “null and void” on the grounds that the PDP’s petition was not heard within 30 days after filing and no application seeking the extension of the petition’s life time was filed.
The judge said the petitioners (the PDP and Akande) failed to avail itself the opportunity provided by section 54(1) of the Local Government Election Tribunal Law, to file an application seeking the extension of the life time of the lower tribunal.
He said the petitioners were “not entitled to complain about any misdirection by the lower tribunal” as the provision of Section 14(1) of the law making it mandatory for petitions to be heard within 30days could not be waved aside without an application for extension of time.
The Lagos State Local Government Election Petitions Appeal Tribunal, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, affirmed the Action Congress of Nigeria’s victory in Agbado-Okeodo LCDA chairmanship election.
In all the petitions that arose from the 2011 local government elections, the lower tribunal reversed ACN’s victory in two chairmasnhip elections, one of was that of Agbado-Okeodo LCDA.
Earlier on January 31, 2013, the appeal tribunal upheld ACN’s victory in the chairmanship election in Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA by reversing the judgment of the lower tribunal which declared PDP as the winner of the election.
The appeal tribunal, in its judgment, upheld the declaration of Adewale Adeniji of the ACN by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission as the winner of the chairmanship election in Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA.
On Thursday, the Opeyemi Oke-led five man appeal tribunal, upheld ACN’s candidate in Agbado-Okeodo LCDA chairmanship election, Augustin Arogun.
In the lead judgment read by a member of the appeal tribunal, Justice Kazeem Alogba, the tribunal upturned the lower tribunal’s judgment which earlier declared PDP’s candidate, Chief Busari Akande, as the validly elected chairman of the the LCDA.
The appeal tribunal was delivering judgment on the appeal filed by LASIEC challenging the decision of the Justice Ade Owobiyi-led tribunal.
The appeal panel had in February affirmed ACN’s victory in a judgment delivered on a separate appeal filed by the party and its candidate.
Alogba declared the entire proceedings of the lower tribunal, “null and void” on the grounds that the PDP’s petition was not heard within 30 days after filing and no application seeking the extension of the petition’s life time was filed.
The judge said the petitioners (the PDP and Akande) failed to avail itself the opportunity provided by section 54(1) of the Local Government Election Tribunal Law, to file an application seeking the extension of the life time of the lower tribunal.
He said the petitioners were “not entitled to complain about any misdirection by the lower tribunal” as the provision of Section 14(1) of the law making it mandatory for petitions to be heard within 30days could not be waved aside without an application for extension of time.
