{"id":12787,"date":"2024-01-19T11:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/im-grateful-gov-abiodun-reacts-to-supreme-court-judgement\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:03:27","slug":"im-grateful-gov-abiodun-reacts-to-supreme-court-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/im-grateful-gov-abiodun-reacts-to-supreme-court-judgement\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m grateful \u2013 Gov Abiodun reacts to Supreme Court judgement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has expressed joy over the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed his victory at the 18th March governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>A five-member panel of the court, in a unanimous judgement on Friday morning, dismissed the appeal by Oladipupo Adebutu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Tijjani Abubakar, who read the lead judgement, held that Adebutu and his party failed to prove their case.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Abubakar resolved all the issues raised for determination against the appellants and held that the appeal was without merit.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting through his X account, Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, appreciated residents of the state and his party.<\/p>\n<p>In the post, Abiodun noted that he navigated numerous stages of legal battles after his election last year.<\/p>\n<p>His words, \u201cI am profoundly grateful to the incredible people of Ogun State, our extraordinary political party, the All Progressives Congress, @OfficialAPCNg, and its dedicated members, as well as other prominent individuals who have supported us unwaveringly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have navigated through numerous stages of the election petition tribunal with success, culminating in the Supreme Court\u2019s ultimate validation of our triumph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis confirmation provides undeniable evidence that the citizens of Ogun State bestowed this mandate upon us, entrusting us with the responsibility of creating a more prosperous and harmonious society for all. We embrace this weighty duty and vow to fulfil it diligently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m grateful \u2013 Gov Abiodun reacts to Supreme Court judgement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has expressed joy over the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed his victory at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5325,15,1387],"tags":[1739,135,180,1169],"class_list":["post-12787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abiodun","category-news","category-supreme-court","tag-abiodun","tag-court","tag-news","tag-supreme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}