Supreme court on Tuesday reserved the Judgement in the appeals by the SDP, Labour party and the APC challenging the victory of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared that Oborevwori of the PDP polled 360,234 votes to win the governorship election ahead of Omo-Agege of the APC, who secured 240,229 votes.
A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, accepted the appeals by all the parties after they had adopted their final briefs of argument.
An appeal court judgement in November had affirmed his election with a three-member tribunal headed by Justice C.H. Ahuchaogu dismissing the petition filed by former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege
The appellants urged the Supreme Court to invalidate the November 24 judgement of the Court of Appeal in Lagos State, which dismissed their case for want of merit and affirmed Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the bona fide winner of the governorship contest.
The tribunal held that the petition contained unsubstantiated allegations, noting that it was devoid of merit and speculative.
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