Ogun 2023: ‘We are back on the ballot,’ Adebutu’s campaign office reacts as INEC reinstates him as PDP guber candidate
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reinstated Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State.
Adebutu’s name, as well as the names of other PDP candidates, had previously appeared on the INEC list as PDP gubernatorial candidates, but were taken off by the commission following two court rulings ordering fresh primaries in the party.
Dissatisfied with the decisions, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), Adebutu, and other candidates petitioned the Appeal Court in Ibadan.
The Appeal Court Justices in their judgments on November 28 found merits in the appeals which they allowed and the judgments of the lower court, the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, the state capital, were set aside.