Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Sir Kessington Adebunkola Adebutu, a business mogul and the father of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has formally written a letter to Governor Dapo Abiodun, congratulating him over last Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court, which upheld his victory as the winner of the March 18 election. Ladi,…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) extended congratulations to Governor Dapo Abiodun on his confirmed electoral victory in the March governorship election of the previous year, as affirmed by the Supreme Court in Abuja on Friday. In a statement released by its Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, the party acknowledged the court…
The Supreme Court has deferred its decision on the appeal lodged by Oladipupo Adebutu, who contests the majority verdict of the Court of Appeal affirming Dapo Abiodun’s gubernatorial election victory in Ogun state. Following arguments and the submission of documents by the concerned parties, a five-member panel led by Justice John Okoro adjourned for the…
Advocacy for Peace and Good Governance, a civil society organization, has expressed its appreciation for the decision reached by the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal regarding the gubernatorial election held on March 18 in the state. The tribunal, in a unanimous decision on Saturday, upheld Governor Dapo Abiodun’s victory and dismissed all the claims…
On Sunday, Tolu Bankole, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress and the National Working Committee, extended his congratulations to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. This congratulatory message came after the state election petitions tribunal upheld Abiodun’s victory in the governorship election that took place on March 18. Bankole also conveyed his congratulations…
Abdulkabir Akinlade, the Deputy Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 23, 2023, governorship election in Ogun State, has announced plans to appeal the judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal. The tribunal, which was sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, the state capital, recently struck out the petition filed against the state governor,…
The Hamidu Kunaza-led three-man tribunal struck out the petition filed by Ladi Adebutu for being “incompetent”. After an exhaustive 11-hour examination of the governorship election dispute between Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the three-member election petition panel delivered its verdict on…
Operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS) have arrested Damilare Bello, a member-elect of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Sagamu constituency 1. Bello, who is a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is accused of being the mastermind behind the Sagamu mayhem which resulted in the vandalism of several banks during…
It’s Official. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Dapo Abiodun winner of 2023 governorship election in Ogun State. In a closely contested election, Abiodun, the current governor, emerged victorious by securing 276,298 votes, defeating Ladi Adebutu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with 262,383 votes. Biyi Otegbeye from the…
In a lawsuit involving him, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and two others, the Appeal Court in Abuja ruled in favor of factional governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State, Segun Sowunmi. According to the lawyers, the judgement in Sowunmi’s suit against the party, Ladi Adebutu and co, means that unless otherwise ruled, he…
