The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi.
Oni had filed the suit after losing All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket to Fayemi in 2018.
In a unanimous judgement, the five-man panel held that the appeal by Segun Oni, was statute-barred.
Oni, an ex-Governor of Ekiti State, had appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the decision of a Federal High Court, that Oni’s challenge of Fayemi’s eligibility to contest the 2018 governorship election in the state, was without merit.
Oni had prayed the Federal High Court to determine if it was lawful for Fayemi to take part in the governorship primaries without first resigning as minister.
In the lead judgement on Wednesday, Justice Amiru Sanusi held that the case was not opened at the trial court, within the required time, as stipulated under the Forth Alteration Act.
