{"id":75056,"date":"2023-08-18T14:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=75056"},"modified":"2023-08-18T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:15:07","slug":"kogi-2023-appeal-court-dismisses-adeyemis-case-against-ododos-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/kogi-2023-appeal-court-dismisses-adeyemis-case-against-ododos-candidacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi 2023: Appeal Court Dismisses Adeyemi\u2019s case against Ododo\u2019s candidacy."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by Senator Smart Adeyemi, seeking to nullify the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State which produced Usman Ododo as the party\u2019s flagbearer for the state\u2019s governorship election slated for November 11.<\/p>\n

The Appellate Court held that the appeal argued by Adekunle Oladapo Otitoju on behalf of Senator Adeyemi was completely bereft of merit and was thrown out.<\/p>\n

In a unanimous judgment of a 3-man panel of Justices of the Court, Adeyemi who recently represented Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate was said to have failed woefully to establish all grievous criminal allegations made against the conduct of the primary election by APC and its leaders.<\/p>\n

Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaib who delivered the lead judgment resolved all the three issues in dispute against Adeyemi.<\/p>\n

Justice Shuaib said that the allegations of manipulations and falsifications of the primary election results made by Adeyemi, being criminal in nature, ought to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt as required by law.<\/p>\n

He also dismissed another allegation by the Appellant that he was denied fair hearing by the Appeal Committee of the APC based on his petition against the alleged unlawful conduct of the primary election.<\/p>

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Justice Shuaib said that the issue of denial of fair hearing was not raised in his originating summons at the Federal High Court, hence, cannot be raised as a fresh issue at the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

In the absence of cogent and verifiable evidence on the part of Adeyemi, the Court of Appeal held that his allegations remained mere assertions that cannot enjoy any probative value.<\/p>\n

Justice Shuaib proceeded to dismiss the appeal for want of merit.<\/p>\n

The Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered on July 12, which had held that Adeyemi did not prove his allegations that Ododo was not lawfully nominated by the APC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by Senator Smart Adeyemi, seeking to nullify the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State which produced Usman Ododo as the party\u2019s flagbearer for the state\u2019s governorship election slated for November 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[765],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-75056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-kogi-state"],"yoast_head":"\nKogi 2023: Appeal Court Dismisses Adeyemi\u2019s case against Ododo\u2019s candidacy. - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by Senator Smart Adeyemi, seeking to nullify\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/kogi-2023-appeal-court-dismisses-adeyemis-case-against-ododos-candidacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kogi 2023: Appeal Court Dismisses Adeyemi\u2019s case against Ododo\u2019s candidacy. - 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