Nigeria’s Appeal Court, Ibadan Division, has sacked Senator Buruji Kashamu and other ‘candidates’ in the Dayo Adebayo-led faction of the Ogun State PDP, leaving Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the party’s primaries as the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019 elections.
The 3-man appeal panel delivered judgement today, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 setting aside the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abeokuta which threw up Kashamu and his factional members as the authentic PDP candidates.
The panel headed by Justice A. B. Bada, resolved the four issues raised for determination in the appeal in favour of PDP, saying the appellants were not properly served in the case at the lower court which breached their rights to fair hearing.
Both Justices Bada and N. Okoronkwo agreed with Justice H. S. Samani who read the lead judgment.
The judgment is expected to have removed the cloud over governorship candidates of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the National Assembly and Ogun State House of Assembly candidates for the 2019 election.
The PDP had dragged the Dayo Adebayo-led faction to the appellate court to challenge the lower court judgment which threw up its candidates. They prayed the court to set aside the judgment on the grounds that they were not properly served before judgment was delivered and that the lower court judge was wrong in his judgment