The Supreme Court has fixed May 24 for judgment in the
appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last
governorship election in Ekiti State, Olusola Kolapo Eleka.
The appeal is against the March 28, 2019 judgment of the
Court of Appeal, Abuja, which upheld the January 28, 2019 judgment of the Ekiti
State Election Tribunal, affirming the victory of Kayode Fayemi of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
A five-man panel of the court, headed by Justice Ibrahim
Muhammad, chose the date on Thursday after listening to arguments by lawyers to
parties.
Lawyer to the appellants, Yusuf Ali (SAN), while adopting
his client’s brief urged the court to uphold the appeal and set aside the
judgment of the Court of Appeal.
Ali argued that the appeal. essentially was for the court to
streamline the position of the law as it relates the practice of front loading
in trials.
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