Kogi Election: Supreme Court dismisses Wada’s appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal brought against the re-election of Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and affirmed him the governor of Kogi State.
The appeals were
filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Musa Wada, and
Social Democratic Party and its candidate, Natasha Akpoti
The Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Mr Bello as the winner of the
governorship election held in November 2019.
But in a unanimous
judgement on Monday, a seven-member panel of the apex court led by the Chief
Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammed, held that the appeal lacks merit and
subsequently dismissed it.
The court was yet to
rule on Ms Akpoti’s appeal, as of the time of filing this report.
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