By Ayodele Oni
The hope of the Labour Party, (LP) to participate in the November 16, Saturday governorship election has been dashed by the Court of Appeal.
On Wednesday, November 13, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, disqualified Olusola Ebiseni as the Party’s candidate for the election.
A three-member panel of the Judges, in a unanimous decision, led by the Honourable Justice Hamma Barka, and delivered by the Honourable Justice Adebukola Banjoko, ruled in favor of the appeal brought by the Labour Party on its own Candidate.
The Court stated that the appeal, marked CA/ABJ/CV/1172/2024, was “allowed.”
Justice Banjoko further noted that the Certified True Copy of the judgment would be provided to the parties involved for review as soon as possible.
Justice Abba Mohammed, in his contributory judgment, expressed agreement with the ruling of the other Justices.
Earlier, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and recognize Olusola Ebiseni and Ezekiel Awude as the Labour Party’s candidates for the offices of Governor and Deputy Governor, respectively, for the 16 November election.
Justice Nwite had affirmed the validity of the second primary election conducted by the Labour Party, which produced Ebiseni and Awude as candidates. He also directed INEC to uphold the outcome and publish their names as the party’s official nominees.
In his judgment on the case marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1105/2024, Justice Nwite noted that Ebiseni had paid N20 million for the nomination form and was issued the form for the second primary election.
He further observed that the Labour Party had instructed Ebiseni to pay N5 million to one Festus Olorunfemi as compensation for his withdrawal from the governorship race.
But on Wednesday, the Court of Appeal overturned the Judgment, disqualifying Ebiseni from the race.
Meanwhile, Ondo State government has declared Friday, 15th November, 2024 as Work-Free Day for Public Servants in the State to enable them travel to their various communities to exercise their civic responsibilities.
This was contained in a statement issued by O. F. Ayodele, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Head of Service.
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