The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Smart Adeyemi, thereby upholding the election of his opponent, Dino Melaye who is currently a serving Senator.
Adeyemi had filed a petition challenging the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had declared Melaye winner of the election.
The Kogi state election petition tribunal on June 18, 2015, struck out Adeyemi’s petition on the grounds that it was incompetent.
Not satisfied with the tribunal’s ruling, Adeyemi then proceeded to file an appeal against the decision of the tribunal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja before today’s verdict.