The Supreme court today has dismissed the case filled by APC against Gov. Of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose on the ground of non-eligibility over indictment charge upon which he was impeached.
If we could recollect, APC had gone to the appellate court on the grounds that Fayose was not qualified to stand for the election as a candidate because of his impeachment on October 16, 2006 during his first tenure as governor.
The APC also alleged that the governor forged his academic certificates and violated the Code of Conduct rules.
The five- member panel, chaired by Justice Abdul Aboki, in its judgment on February 16 had upheld the judgment of the Tribunal, which affirmed Fayose as the winner of the June 21, 2014 poll.
The APC had gone to the elections petition tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti to challenge Fayose’s victory on grounds of non-eligibility over indictment charge upon which he was impeached.
Fayose was being challenged over perjury, after he filled his INEC form denying that he had never been indicted by either administrative or judicial panel. A candidate convicted of perjury is barred by the Nigerian law to contest election.
Though the Justice Abdul Aboki-led five-man panel dismissed the appeal filed by the APC then, it found merit in the appellant’s complaints that the military was used to harass and intimidate its supporters and leaders during the polls.
Dissatisfied still, the APC had gone to the Supreme Court.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Fayose polled 203,090 votes to defeat the then incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 120,433 votes in the election.
Could that be the end of discussion? What of the impeachment notice served him by 19 APC's lawmakers?
What is your own opinion?
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