The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Court of Appeal to immediately resume hearing of all cases relating to the candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.
The Supreme Court also rejected the plea for an order to stop the appellate court from further hearing of the cases by the Jimoh Ibrahim faction of the party
With the ruling by the Supreme Court, the justices of the Appeal Court would most likely sit tomorrow to decide on the governorship candidate for the Ondo election.
The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Samuel Nkanu Walter Onnoghen, who presided over a panel of the Supreme Court, cleared the coast for the Appeal Court following the dramatic withdrawal of the 10 different applications by the Ibrahim faction praying the Supreme Court to stop the Court of Appeal from hearing all the appeals relating to the dispute.
