Court rules against Aiyedatiwa’s eligibility for another term as governor

The Federal High Court successful Akure, Ondo State, connected Thursday, declared that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is not qualified to contention the 2028 governorship predetermination successful the state.

A judgement delivered by Justice Toyin Adegoke, ruled that allowing Aiyedatiwa to question different word would interruption the law bounds of 8 years tenure.

The tribunal held that Aiyedatiwa, who was sworn successful connected December 27, 2023, to implicit the tenure of the precocious Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and subsequently inaugurated connected February 24, 2025, aft winning the November 16, 2024, governorship election, would beryllium ineligible to basal for predetermination again successful 2028.

According to Adegoke, the 1999 constitution, arsenic amended, did not supply for a concern wherever an elected president, vice president, governor, and lawman would walk much than 8 years successful office, citing the Supreme Court’s determination successful Marwa v. Nyako.

The tribunal besides ruled that the suit is not speculative oregon academic, emphasising that it has inherent jurisdiction to construe immoderate conception of the Constitution, being a instauration of instrumentality and duty-bound to uphold it astatine each times.

A subordinate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Akin Egbuwalo, had, done his counsel, Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, approached the tribunal seeking the mentation of Section 137...