 A Court of Appeals sitting in Aduakiti has upheld the judgment of the lower court validating the victory of the Akiti State Governor, Biodu Oyabanji, of the June 18th governorship election in the state, delivering the judgment through Zoom Justice. Hama Akao-Barka, who led a three-member panel dismissed the petition filed by Shagwoni, candidate of the Social Democratic Party for Lack in Merit. Speaking to journalists, the Council to Social Democratic Party, the SDP, Orweseni Ajayi, said they will appeal the judgment while the council representing the All Progressive Congress, Kabir Akinbolu, applauded the judiciary for the judgment. If they have thoroughly looked at that young vis-à-vis the case of the deputy governor of the Akiti State now, you will discover that we still have abundant hope in the legal system that anything could happen at the Supreme Court. So they should know just what has happened here today, and we are rather hopeful that the issues are narrowed down, and the Supreme Court will take a final decision on this matter. It will happen because they want to bend their anger, it's a constitutional right to appeal. So to get to the Supreme Court is suspected because issues are not allowed to develop and issues are, you know, we spring up, you know, and as it springs up, they have to, as they spring up, they have to be dealt with, that is just the issue. In a swift reaction, the Chief Press Secretary to Akiti State Governor Yinka Adebodi said that the judgment affirms the validity of Oyebanji's mandate, calling on Shaguni to join hands with the administration to develop the state. We've been able to exercise a constitutional right by going to court, but now that the court has been able to reaffirm the mandate given to go to Oyebanji, I think that at that time, we also dropped the series of cases and let us move the state forward. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.