In two judgments, the appellate court declared Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) as the election winner.
Delivering the ruling, the five-man justices unanimously dismissed the petition brought by Ms Egbo for lacking in merit.
“There was also evidence and or proof of evidence before the court that some of the elements of the offences for which the respondents and others were charged occurred in Abuja.”
Mr Bamidele, a politician from Ekiti and long-time protege of Mr Tinubu’s, was at the election petitions tribunal in Abuja to give testimony against Peter Obi and Labour Party.
“To Governor Adeleke, I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your victory at the Supreme Court.”
There was no way the party could fault the Supreme Court ruling as the highest court in the land, “even though we are not happy with the judicial decision.”
The exercise was previously scheduled to hold on March 11.
A source said INEC would need sufficient time to reconfigure the BVAS to conduct the elections slated for Saturday.
Messrs Abubakar and Obi are alleging substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 in addition to violence and rigging.
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed the candidacy of Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom.
