Kogi Guber : Court Dismisses Smart Adeyemi’s Case Against Ododo

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant in the All Progressives Congress’ governorship primaries in Kogi State, Senator Smart Adeyemi, against the emergence of the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo, for lack of merit.

Delivering judgement in the suit, Omotosho held that Adeyemi’s allegations were criminal in nature, as he alleged that the primary elections did not hold and that the results were forged.

He said the Applicant needed to prove the allegations of forgery, falsification of results,
beyond all reasonable doubt.

The court noted that the burden rests on the Applicant to produce the forged result or the originals to discharge the burden, adding that failure to discharge the burden is fatal to the case of the Applicant.

Justice Omotosho also held that the allegation that the election did not hold was also not substantiated as the Applicant only provided evidence from his Ward in Ijumu LGA.

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Omotosho therefore dismissed the case for lack of merit.

In conclusion he said, that “having reviewed all the evidence in the matter, there was no doubt that the APC primary election was conducted in all the wards of Kogi State on the 14th day of April 2023.

Garry Ochigbo, Edited By Grace Namiji