 The Court of Appeal seated in accord assessed the appeal filed by the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, E. E. Taiyo Jaggede, against the decision of the election petition tribunal that upheld the election of the all-progressive Congress candidate, Rotimi Akeridalu, in the October 10, 2020 poll, lacked merit. The five-month panel, led by Justice Teresa Orgi Abadua, gave the judgment after considering the seventh grant of appeal of Jaggede. Jaggede had approached the appellate court after the tribunal on April 20, that dismissed his petition challenging the nomination and election of Akeridalu and Ayedatsiwa for lacking merit. The judge said the appellate court came to a conclusion that the appeal lacked merit, though some of the grounds were meritorious.