The Lagos State Governorship election tribunal sitting in Ikeja yesterday struck out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 11 governorship election, Jimi Agbaje, against governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the ground of incompetence.
The three-man panel headed by Justice Muhammad Surajo, in an unanimous ruling over a preliminary objection filed by Ambode, held that the petition failed to comply with the mandatory provisions of the Electoral Act.
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