The Lagos State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, presided over by Justice Arum Ashom, has begun sitting on Monday to deliver judgment on the petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate for the March 18 election, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor.
Shortly after the announcement of appearances by all lawyers and parties in the case, Justice Ashom announced that the Tribunal would first deliver judgment in the case of the PDP and its candidate before giving its decision on another petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
Justice Ashom also told petitioners that his brother Judge, Justice Mikail Abdullahi, would read the final judgment on behalf of the three-man panel.
The third judge on the panel is Justice Igho Braimoh.
At the time of this report, Justice Abdullahi was still reading the judgment while the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bimbola Salu-Hudeyin, were present in the courtroom, while Rhodes-Vivour and Jandor were conspicuously absent.
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