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| Eyitayo Jegede (SAN). |
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday,
November 18, adjourned indefinitely the judgment on the appeal filed by
substituted governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in
the November 26 election in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede.
Mr. Jegede is challenging his replacement by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with Ali Modu Sheriff's
candidate, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim as the PDP governorship candidate for the
forthcoming election in Ondo state.
The Saulawa-led panel said it took the decision to adjourn the appeals “sine die” (indefinitely) to await the decision of the Supreme Court on interlocutory appeals filed by the respondents.
Justice Saulawa also cited the motion filed by the respondents before the
Supreme Court on Thursday, asking for an order of the apex court to disband the
Saulawa panel and take disciplinary action by going ahead to hear the appeal in
defiance of established judicial principle, Punch reports.
The nine respondents led by Mr. Biyi
Poroye, who filed the motion before the Supreme Court are state officials
of the Sheriff-led faction of the PDP in the South-West zone.
Meanwhile, the appeals by Makarfi
and Jegede are challenging the orders made by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal
High Court in Abuja on June 29 and October 14, 2016, which INEC acted on by
dropping Jegede and replacing him with Ibrahim as the party’s standard bearer
in the forthcoming election in the state.
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