A federal high court in Abuja has
dismissed a suit challenging the eligibility of Kayode Fayemi to contest the
July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state.
Fayemi is the governorship
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Action People’s Party (APP)
had lodged a suit following the report by a judicial commission of inquiry set
up by the state government to probe Fayemi who was governor between 2010 and
2014.
In the report, Fayemi was
indicted of misappropriation of state’s funds and was declared unfit to hold
any public office.
Subsequently, a white paper
released by the government barred him for holding a public office for 10 years.
In the case with suit number
FCT/HC/BW/CV/57/2018, APP asked the court to determine whether Fayemi was fit
to hold public office after the indictment by the commission.
The APC in the state had,
however, asked if Ekiti government was a court of law that would bar Fayemi
from holding public office.
In a judgment on Tuesday, Othman
Musa, the judge hearing the case, dismissed the suit on the ground that it was
without merit.
Quashing the indictment by the commission
of inquiry which he described as being biased, Musa declared Fayemi eligible to
contest the governorship election, and that his party is at liberty under the
law to field him as its candidate.
The judge added that the section
182 (1) (i) of the constitution on which the suit was filed have been deleted
in 2011 by the national assembly through the first alteration of the
constitution.
Fayemi will take on Kolapo
Olusola, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his major contender
in the election.
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