The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in the state, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, against Akeredolu who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election.NAN reports that the state election petition tribunal had earlier stricken out the petition of the PDP candidate for lack of merit but Jegede approached the appellate court to challenge the verdict of the tribunal.

The appeal court, having examined the seven grounds of appeal tabled by the appellant, dismissed the appeal, saying it lacked merit

In the judgment delivered virtually, the Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua-led five-man panel of judges said on the seven-issue of appeal, the issues one to five were resolved to favor the appellant while issue three was resolved to favor the respondent, and issue six was partly dismissed and partly allowed while issued seven favored the respondent.

“The appeal is partly allowed and partly dismissed and the appellant’s case is also dismissed,” the court held.

Meanwhile, the PDP has expressed its dissatisfaction over the judgment as it declared that the appellate court verdict would be challenged at the Supreme Court,

In a statement swiftly issued by the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kennedy Peretei.