The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld Seyi Makinde\u2019s election as Governor of Oyo State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The appeal was filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adebayo Adelabu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adelabu lost to Makinde during the March 9, 2019 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adelabu had approached the Supreme Court to challenge the appeal court ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The appellate court after evaluating the evidence brought by Oyo APC and its candidate ruled that the status quo should be maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld Seyi Makinde\u2019s election as Governor of Oyo State. The appeal was filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adebayo Adelabu.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":119144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16741,18183],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-6.jpg?fit=1010%2C1030&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128009,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/i-am-still-in-control-gov-seyi-makinde-addresses-appeal-court-judgement\/","url_meta":{"origin":129933,"position":0},"title":"‘I am still in control’, Gov. 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