BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Sanwo-Olu’s election as Lagos gov, dismisses Rhodes-Vivour’s appeal

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The Supreme Court has affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the duly elected governor of Lagos State.

The apex court affirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal Lagos, dismissing the appeal of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party for lacking in merit.

Justice Garba Lawal prepared and read the lead judgement in the Lagos State governorship dispute.

Other justices, who made up the panel for Lagos- Justices Inyang Okoro, Emmanuel Agim, uwani Abba-aji, Adamu Jauro are reading their version. It’s a unanimous decision.

They say the petition is a gross abuse of court process.

More details soon…