SDP Presidential Candidate Hails Supreme Court Verdict, Declares Ruling Ends Crisis
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has declared that there was “no life” in the legal challenge by Shehu Gabam to the
Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Nigeria, has hailed the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss Shehu Gabam's appeal against the party's leadership. According to Adebayo, the ruling has brought an end to the prolonged leadership dispute within the opposition party, clearing the way for Prof. Abubakar Sadiq Gombe to continue leading the SDP.
The Supreme Court dismissed Gabam's appeal, which had challenged a decision by the Court of Appeal that had overturned a Federal High Court ruling recognizing him as the National Chairman of the party. The five-member Supreme Court panel, consisting of Justices Adamu Jauro, Haruna Tsammani, A.A. Adumein, Jonah Adah, and Joseph Oyewole, delivered their judgment on Wednesday.
In their lead opinion, Justice Jauro ruled that the appeal was irrelevant and dismissed it accordingly. Adebayo expressed his satisfaction with the Supreme Court's decision, stating that it effectively ended the chapter on the leadership controversy within the SDP. The justices reportedly asked the plaintiffs to withdraw the appeal and apologize, although the specific details of that aspect were not mentioned in the judgment.
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