As the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal prepares to issue its judgment in the lawsuits contesting the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, political gladiators are under tension.
The Justice Arum Ashom-led panel communicated this message to all parties on Saturday.
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party and Olajide Adediran, a.k.a. Jandor, a candidate for governor from the Peoples Democratic Party, are contesting Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the March 18 governorship election.
The petitioners’ attorneys adopted their final written submissions to the tribunal on August 12.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March 18 governorship election.
The incumbent Lagos State governor had won the election by a landslide, defeating Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, who came second.
Governor Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to beat Rhodes-Vivour, who scored 312,329 votes. Jide Adediran (Jandor) of the PDP came a distant third, polling 62,449 votes.
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