Senator Rasheed Ladoja, candidate of the Accord Party in the April 11 governorship election in Oyo state, has lost his battle to claim the throne.
On Tuesday afternoon, in Ibadan, the Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal dismissed his petition and instead upheld the election of Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
The unanimous judgment was read for four and half hours by the Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Mohammed Mayaki.
The tribunal held that Ladoja and Accord “failed woefully” to prove their allegations of rigging, electoral malpractices, violence and non-compliance with the Electoral Act among others, beyond reasonable doubt.
The tribunal resolved all the issues determined in favour of Ajimobi.
It rejected the evidences presented by all Ladoja’s witnesses, saying they were not specific to incidents as claimed and also that they failed to prove the allegations beyond reasonable doubt.