Nigeria, April 6 -- The Appeal Court in Akure on Saturday affirmed the eligibility of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the last Osun governorship election, Ademola Adeleke, to contest the election.

The judgement followed an earlier judgement of a High Court in Bwari, Abuja, which declared him ineligible to contest the election.

The issue bordered on the controversy over Mr Adeleke's secondary school certificate submitted to INEC for the election.

The lower court had ruled that the senator did not have a valid secondary certificate and so failed to satisfy the minimum requirement for eligibility to contest the election.

Mr Adeleke and his legal team appealed the judgement.

The appeal court's three-member ...