BEVERLY HILLS, March 01, (THEWILL) – Senator Adetokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today floored his rival, Mr. Ademola Babatunde Gbadamosi, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP’s Candidate in the by-election for the Lagos East Senatorial District.
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday dismissed PDP and Gbadamosi’s joint suit in a five-hour judgement.
The judge also knocked PDP’s argument through counsel Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not transfer a voter’s registration details.
Abiru, flying the APC flag, had polled more votes to win the December 5 senatorial bye-election.
He defeated his closest rival Gbadamosi by 89,204 votes to 11,257 votes.
Earlier scheduled to hold on October 31, the election had been pushed forward to December following the #EndSARS protests.
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