The Supreme Court docket has upheld the election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu because the Governor of Lagos State.
Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, who delivered the lead judgment, dismissed the enchantment filed by Mr Rhodes-Vivour.
Justice Garba affirmed the qualification of the deputy governor, Femi Hamzat, to contest the election.
The Supreme Court docket rejected the enchantment filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Social gathering (LP) looking for to annul Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s election.
Within the judgment delivered on Friday, January 12, the apex courtroom declared the enchantment as unmeritorious.
Justice Garba, within the lead judgment, stated that Deputy Governor Femi Hamzat’s acquisition of United States citizenship didn’t strip him of his Nigerian citizenship, as he was a citizen by start.
He famous {that a} Nigerian citizen by start who acquires citizenship of one other nation can’t be disqualified from contesting an elective place except the person renounces Nigerian citizenship as laid out in Part 29 of the Structure.
Moreover, the choose asserted that each Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat had been certified to take part within the election. The Supreme Court docket’s choice aligns with the judgment of the Court docket of Attraction, which beforehand upheld Sanwo-Olu’s election.
