The Supreme Court Thursday reserved judgment in a suit filed by Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu praying the court to upturn an Appeal Court’s order for the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Lagos State to resume the hearing.
Sanwo-Olu, through his Counsel, Victor Opara had approached the apex court to upturn the order of the court of appeal to resume hearing in the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Lagos State.
While Chief Owolabi Salis, the governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and his Labour Party counterpart, Ifagbemi Awamaridi prayed the apex court to dismiss the appeal filed by the appellant and uphold the decision of the appeal court.
However, Justice Mary Odili who led the panel of five justices in entertaining the suit reserved the judgment to a later date. Read more