The Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos State has voided the return of the Labour Party —LP candidate, Seyi Sowunmi, as the House of Representatives member representing Ojo Federal Constituency.
Instead, the three-man panel led by Justice Abdullahi Ozegya declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress—APC, Lanre Ogunyemi, as the duly elected candidate of the election conducted on February 25, 2023.
Also, other members of the panel are Justice Ashu Ewah and Justice Muhammad Sambo.
Ogunyemi, a two-term state lawmaker and former secretary of the APC in Lagos, had challenged the declaration of Sowunmi by the Independent National Electoral Commission—INEC as the winner of the election on the grounds that the respondent was not duly sponsored and qualified to contest the election under the candidacy of Labour Party for Ojo Federal Constituency.
In its judgment, the tribunal agreed with the petitioner that the candidate of the Labour Party was not qualified to contest the elections.
The tribunal therefore, declared his votes wasted and ruled that the second runner up, Ogunyemi ought to have been declared winner of Ojo Federal Constituency.