The legal team of Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party
candidate for the March 18 governorship election in Lagos State, has said its
client remains the party’s authentic standard bearer in the state.
The Lead Counsel to Rhodes-Vivour, Mr Olagbade Benson, told
newsmen on Monday in Lagos that three court cases instituted against its
client’s candidacy recently had been struck out.
Benson, who led two other lawyers, Uchechukwu Ani and Kemi
Afesojaye, in the briefing, noted that claims by the former LP governorship
candidate and chairman in Lagos, Ifagbemi Awamaridi, that he had a substantive
case against Rhodes-Vivour is false.
Benson said that the affidavit being brandished by Awamaridi
as the true position of the court that he had been certified as an authentic
Labour party candidate was fake.
He said the affidavit did not represent the judgements
delivered by the court in the state.
Benson explained that there were two judgements, including
that from the Federal High and Appeal Courts, affirming the candidature of
Rhodes-Vivour as the bona fide standard bearer of the party for Saturday’s
election.
The lawyer said the case against Rhodes-Vivour by the
Peoples Democratic Party had been thrown out by the Federal High Court for
lacking merit.
He said, “Anyone going around parading himself as the
candidate of the party, aside Rhodes-Vivour, and others alleging cases before
the court on the LP candidature are misleading the public.”
He said the aim behind such a claim by any individual is
because they were afraid of Rhodes-Vivour and believed that misleading the
public, especially the electorate, before the election on March 18 was the best
strategy to adopt.
“Our attention has been drawn to an affidavit dated 5th
August, 2022, and tagged Affidavit on non-withdrawal which was sent to INEC, stating
that he (Awamaridi) was yet to step down from his role as Labour Party
candidate.
“But after, Awamaridi filed a suit before the Federal High
Court with No: FHC/ABJ/1463/2022, challenging the candidature of the LP
candidate where he sued INEC, the party and Rhodes-Vivour.
“On the 8th of December, the Federal High Court considered
the case and struck it out. Anyone that is interested can apply for the
judgement because it is a public document.
“And because he felt that the judgement did not go in his
favour, he headed to the Appeal court.
“And on February 2nd, 2023, the Appellate court terminated
Awamaridi’s case and it was based on the act that it was filed out of time
allotted by the law or pre-electoral matters.
“Also, the PDP filed a suit challenging his candidature and
that matter was struck out at the Federal High Court on December 8th, 2022. And
the opposition party did not pursue their claim ater the FHC struck it out,”
Benson said.
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