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April 14, 2015

Nigerians react to Fayose’s victory, want peace in Ekiti

Nigerians react to Fayose’s victory, want peace in Ekiti

Ayo Fayose

By Abiodun Alade

Nigerians are reacting to the judgement of the Supreme Court that affirmed the electoral victory of the governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

In an unanimous judgement, Tuesday, a seven-man panel of Justices of the court led by Justice John Fabiyi,also held that the appeal which challenged Fayose’s election victory at the 2014 Ekiti State governorship election lacked  merit.

The panel maintained that the APC failed to prove its allegation that the election was fraught with unparalleled irregularities, adding that the allegation that Fayose tendered forged Higher National Diploma Certificate ‎to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not proved beyond every reasonable doubt.

It has reaffirmed that Fayose was not duly impeached in 2006