The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, and its candidate in the 2023 governorship election Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor has asked the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongbam-Mensem to transfer the hearing of his appeal to Abuja.
In a letter addressed to Justice Dongbam-Mensem, Jandor stated that the transfer will ensure fairness and objectivity devoid of potential meddling.
Recall justice Dongban-Mensem had transferred all election petition cases pending before the court in the 36 states to Abuja and Lagos, to allow special panels in the two states handle petitions from the different elections instead of the 20 divisions of the court.
Appeals from the southern part of the country are being heard by special panels made up of justices across the country sitting in Lagos while appeals from the northern part of the country are being heard by special panels sitting in Abuja.
Jandor is challenging the September 25th judgment of the State Election Petition Tribunal, on grounds that all the votes recorded for Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu, Olufemi Hamzat and the APC in the said election were wasted votes owing to their non-qualification to participate in the election.
