BREAKING: Court Dismisses Oyedemi’s Suit, Declares Skimeh APC Candidate in Oyo Federal Constituency

The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has dismissed the suit filed by Wakil Oyeleru Oyedemi challenging the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primary for Oyo Federal Constituency, affirming Hon. Akeem Adeyemi, popularly known as Skimeh, as the party’s candidate for the 2027 general elections.

The judgment settles the legal challenge to Adeyemi’s emergence as the APC candidate for Afijio, Atiba, Oyo East and Oyo West Federal Constituency.

Oyedemi had approached the court seeking an order to nullify the party’s primary, alleging that the exercise was conducted in violation of the Electoral Act 2026 and the APC’s guidelines.

The suit, marked FHC/IB/CS/64/2026, listed the APC, Adeyemi and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the first, second and third defendants respectively.

At the hearing on August 31, 2026, Oyedemi’s counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Musibau Adetunbi, argued that accreditation was not conducted in some wards across the four local government areas.

However, counsel to the APC, Ibrahim Bawa (SAN), urged the court to dismiss the suit, arguing that the plaintiff’s originating summons was incompetent.

Adeyemi’s counsel, Kazeem Adedeji, also urged the court to reject the case, maintaining that an indirect primary had been conducted. INEC’s counsel, A.F. Lawal, aligned with the APC’s position.