{"id":19032,"date":"2019-12-18T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19032"},"modified":"2019-12-18T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:05:12","slug":"oyo-supreme-court-rules-on-seyi-makindes-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/oyo-supreme-court-rules-on-seyi-makindes-election","title":{"rendered":"Oyo: Supreme Court rules on Seyi Makinde\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld Seyi Makinde\u2019s election as Governor of Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal was filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adebayo Adelabu.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu lost to Makinde during the March 9, 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu had approached the Supreme Court to challenge the appeal court ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court after evaluating the evidence brought by Oyo APC and its candidate ruled that the status quo should be maintained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-27\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld Seyi Makinde\u2019s election as Governor of Oyo State. 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