The Federal High Court in Akure, on Monday, threw out a suit seeking the disqualification of Olayide Adelami, the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in Ondo State.
The suit was filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 16 November Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, accusing Mr Adelami of forgery.
Mr Ajayi also told the court that Mr Adelami, who is also the deputy governor, submitted documents with inconsistency in the names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the November election, disqualifying him as a candidate in the election.
The PDP candidate, through his lawyer, M. Ndoka, challenged the eligibility of Mr Adelami to contest as the deputy governor on the platform of APC, urging the court to disqualify him.
Mr Ndoka said the first defendant, (Adelami) is known by multiple conflicting and irreconcilable names such Adelami…