Supreme Court Upholds Ben Ayade’s Election As Cross River Governor
December 9, 2016
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Supreme Court Upholds Ben Ayade’s Election As Cross River Governor

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers State.

A fellow Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aspirant, Joe Agi, had asked the apex court to nullify the election of Mr. Ayade for alleged false declaration of age.

The challenger asked the court to declare that Mr. Ayade’s emergence as the PDP flagbearer was null and void.

Mr. Agi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who contested the 2015 PDP governorship primary against Mr. Ayade, had challenged the eligibility of the governor to contest the primary.

But in a unanimous judgement on Friday; a five-member panel of justices dismissed the application for lacking in merit.

[PREMIUM TIMES]