The Appeal Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, on Monday affirmed the candidacy of the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last governorship election in the state.
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and his running mate, Alhaji Gani Audu won their case early on Monday morning.
A three-member panel of the court set aside a judgment of the Edo High Court, Benin, which disqualified both men from participating in the keenly contested election.
In the ruling delivered, Justices O.F. Omoleye, B.A. Georgewill and O.E. Oho jointly declared that there was no evidence of credentials’ forgery on the part of Audu.
The suit was also declared statute-barred due to the fact that it was filed outside the 14-day constitutional timeline, thereby upholding the appeal of Ize-Iyamu and Audu.
