Sanwo-Olu's substitute service mandated by the tribunal

The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has approved an ex parte request by Mr. Gbadegbo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party's candidate for governor, for substituted service on Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Through their attorney, Mr. Olagbade Benson, Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party had informed the tribunal that Sanwo-Olu had resisted having the petition served on him by the court's bailiff. 

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When the court representative arrived at Sanwo-Olu's office to serve him, they said that he refused to accept the document from the bailiff.

In the petition with file number EPT/LAG/GOV/04/2023, the petitioners ask the court to give them permission to serve the governor and his deputy with the petition and other legal documents by alternative means, such as by mailing them to the respondent's official residence at Lagos House in Marina, Lagos, via DHL courier services or any other reputable courier service provider.

On April 11, Mr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, better known as Jandor, of the Peoples Democratic Party and Rhodes-Vivour, a candidate for the Labour Party, independently sought the tribunal to void Sanwo-Olu's reelection and declare them the winners.

The petitioners contested Sanwo-Olu's victory in the Lagos State governorship election held on March 18 and declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

For the 2023 elections held on February 25 and March 11, the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal has received a total of 48 petitions.

The Rosaline Omotosho Courthouse in Ikeja, where the tribunal meets, has the petitions posted on its walls.

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