An FCT High Court, Apo on Thursday upheld the candidacy of Adedapo Abiodun as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun State.
An APC member in the state, AbdulRafiu Baruwa, had prayed the court to disqualify Mr Abiodun for alleged concealment and deliberate refusal to supply details of his educational qualifications to INEC as required by law.
Mr Baruwa alleged that Abiodun claimed to have graduated from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowi University, in his 2015 senatorial election form for Ogun East; but that the APC candidate, in the 2019 governorship form, said he only possessed secondary school certificate.
He also sought another order of the court to replace Abiodun with one Jimi Lawal who was said to have come second in the primary election conducted by the APC for the governorship ticket.
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, in his judgment, held that there were no consequences for Abiodun with his refusal to give details of his university education, adding that the case of the plaintiff is an academic exercise which has no bearing with qualifications for governorship election under the constitution of the country.
The judge, therefore, held that the case of the plaintiff was unmeritorious and consequently dismissed it.
