The Court of Appeal sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, upheld Olumide Akpata as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State.

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja, in June, dismissed a suit seeking to void the nomination of Akpata as the LP candidate in the September 21 election.

In the judgement, Justice Omotosho upheld the arguments by Akpata’s lawyer, Johnson Usman, (SAN) that the plaintiffs were without the legal right to institute the suit.

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