By Ogungbayi Adeyemi S. | adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com
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Abeokuta, Ogun State – September 25, 2026
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Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has not been disqualified by the Supreme Court from contesting the 2027 Ogun Central Senatorial election, her camp has stated, urging the public to disregard what it described as misleading interpretations of a recent judgment.
In a press statement issued on Friday, the camp said reports and insinuations linking the Supreme Court judgment of Thursday, 24 September 2026, to an automatic disqualification of the former senator were factually unsupported, legally speculative and designed to create confusion.
The statement clarified that the judgment arose from a legal dispute between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) over Sections 77(5), 77(6), 77(7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026.
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The apex court upheld the validity of those provisions and set aside an earlier Court of Appeal decision that had declared them unconstitutional.
“Senator Iyabo Obasanjo was not a party to that case. Her name was not the subject of the judgment, and the Supreme Court did not issue any order disqualifying her from contesting the 2027 Ogun Central Senatorial election,” the statement said.
It described as mischievous and intellectually dishonest any attempt to transform a judgment in a dispute between INEC and a political party into a purported judicial pronouncement against a candidate who was neither a party to the suit nor the subject of the judgment.
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The statement recalled that Obasanjo resigned her membership of the All Progressives Congress in May 2026 and subsequently returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, where she was formally received and presented with the party’s Ogun Central Senatorial ticket. These developments were publicly reported at the time by several mainstream Nigerian media organisations.
It stressed that the Supreme Court’s restoration of provisions of the Electoral Act does not, by itself, constitute a judicial declaration that every politician who has moved from one political party to another is disqualified from seeking elective office.
“There is a fundamental difference between a court interpreting the general requirements of electoral law and a court declaring a particular candidate disqualified. The latter requires a determination based on the facts and circumstances of the specific candidate and the applicable legal provisions,” the statement added.
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No such determination was made against Senator Iyabo Obasanjo in Thursday’s judgment, it said.
The camp challenged those circulating the claims to produce the specific paragraph of the Supreme Court judgment in which Obasanjo was mentioned, the specific order disqualifying her, or the specific judicial pronouncement invalidating the PDP’s nomination of her.
“What exists is a Supreme Court judgment on the constitutionality and operation of specified provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. What does not exist is a Supreme Court judgment disqualifying Senator Iyabo Obasanjo.”
It urged members of the public, particularly the people of Ogun Central, to disregard sensational interpretations being circulated on social media and political platforms as though they were orders of the Supreme Court.
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The statement said Obasanjo remains focused on her engagement with the people of Ogun Central and on the issues affecting their communities. Her campaign will continue to engage citizens, listen to their concerns and present her case before the electorate.
“No amount of misinformation, disinformation or disingenuous distortion of facts will alter the distinction between what the Supreme Court actually decided and what political actors wish the public to believe it decided,” it concluded.
By Ogungbayi Adeyemi S. (Beedee)
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