Despite emerging victorious from the main ruling of the tribunal, delivered on September 28, the governor, who contested under the ruling All Progressives Congress, is contesting the alternative majority ruling of two against one, which created a path for the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Isah Ashiru to claim victory
Also, in his appeal, Ashiru provided 24 grounds to upturn the dismissal of his petition, while also seeking an order of the higher court to invalidate SANI’S victory.
The cross-appeal was filed by Governor SANI’S legal team led by a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bayo Ojo
According to OJO, the tribunal threw the political space into a spin when, in a double majority decision, dismissed Ashiru’s petition for fatal non-compliance with the regulating laws, before proceeding to give an alternative ruling, favouring the petitioners.
He insisted that the dismissal of the petition gave substantive victory to the governor, and also listed 14 grounds of errors committed by the tribunal in arriving at its second conclusion.
