The Appeal Court sitting in Akure the Ondo State capital has upheld the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election.
It dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Mr Eyitayo Jegede.
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 PUNCH had reported.
The appeal court, having examined the seven grounds of the appeal by the appellant, dismissed the appeal, saying it lacked merit.