 The Supreme Court has affirmed Senator Ade Mola Adelike of the PDP as the governor-elect of Washington State. Adelike was the clear the winner of the governorship election that was held in the state on July 16. In a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of justices, the court dismissed an appeal that was launched against Adelike by Prince Dotton Babayemi, who laid claim to the governorship ticket of the PDP. Babayemi emerged from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the state. Council to the Appalachian, Ade Bayo, Ade Lodon, a senior advocate of Nigeria, withdrew the appeal after the panel, led by Justice Amina Angi, drew his attention to the fact that the case was statute barred. The panel had maintained that the appeal was incompetent, stressing that it was filed outside the 14-day period provided by the law.