The election tribunal sitting in Lagos, Ikeja has today, Thursday October 4, 2012 declared Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the Ikoyi/Obalende L.C.D.A Chairmanship election held in 2011.
It will be recalled that the PDP candidate had challenged ACN Adewale Adeniji's victory at the tribunal.
Obanikoro is the first child of the Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana and the former governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Senator Musiliu Obonikoro.
The young Obanikoro attended Kings College in Lagos and St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA where he studied Political Science. He also hold a Masters in Public Administration from Pace University, USA.
The tribunal collation breakdown shows the Action Congress of Nigeria candidate having a total votes of 3, 248 while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate have 3, 780, although the results of some polling units were cancelled by the tribunal based on allegations of irregularities; the results of other units and wards were used to declare the PDP candidate winner.
Four of the 5 man panel headed by Retired Justice Dolapo Akinsanya voted in favor of Obanikoro while one favored Adewale of the ACN.
ACN supporters were obviously in a state of shock when the judgement swung in the way of the opposition. Though Obanikoro was not in court at the time of the verdict, his supporters who were duly present went into wild jubilation when the judge gave the verdict.
