…….As court adjourns the matter _sine die_
The case instituted by Engr. Kayode Ojo, challenging the candidacy of Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, BAO, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Ekiti election of June 18, 2022, which he (BAO) eventually won, may have reached its dead end.
The seven-man justices of the Supreme Court where Ojo appealed the matter after losing at both the High Court and the Court of Appeal described the case as irredeemably bad.
Describing the matter as purely an academic exercise, the justices adjourned the matter _sine die_ (indefinitely) and told Ojo’s lawyer that he’s client’s case was an irredeemable one, since the trial court had not made any pronouncement on the merit of the case, and had been affected by the effluxion of time.
“As far as we are concerned, this appeal is dead on arrival. How can you bring this type of academic case before us? We advice that you take the case back. Even if you win now, it is useless because it cannot help your client, since the trial court has made no pronouncement on the merit of the case,” the justices told Ojo’s lawyer.
However, Ojo’s lawyer remained adamant, asking the Supreme Court to overrule itself on the matter, to which the court responded that it would be difficult for it to change its position, which had consistently been held for several years.
In any case that the lawyer would still not accept the reality of the situation and would still want to push his luck, the court advised him to write a letter directly to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, stating his reasons.
The interpretation of the above, to the uninitiated, is that Engr Kayode Ojo’s case against BAO has technically come to an end.