The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Lagos has overturned the return of the Labour Party's (LP) nominee, Seyi Sowunmi, as the House of Representatives member for Ojo Federal Constituency in Lagos State.

Instead, the three-member panel led by Justice Abdullahi Ozegya declared Lanre Ogunyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the legitimately elected candidate in the election held on February 25, 2023.

The panel also includes Justice Ashu Ewah and Justice Muhammad Sambo.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sowunmi the winner of the election; however, Ogunyemi, a two-term state lawmaker and former secretary of the APC in Lagos, had challenged the decision on the grounds that the respondent was not properly sponsored and qualified to run for office as the Labour Party's candidate for the Ojo Federal Constituency.

The petitioner's claim that the Labour Party candidate lacked the qualifications to run for office was supported by the tribunal in its ruling on the petition.

As a result, it ruled that his votes were wasted and that APC candidate Ogunyemi, who came in second, should have been proclaimed the winner of the Ojo Federal Constituency.