The Court of Appeal on Thursday in Abuja nullified the March 18 governorship election won by Mr Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It ordered a rerun of the election in three local government areas.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Lawal winner of the election which the sitting governor, Mr Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenged in court.
The tribunal had upheld Lawal’s election, but Matawalle, now the Minister of State for Defence, proceeded to the Appeal Court.
In its ruling on Thursday, the three-member panel of justices nullified the election of Gov. Lawal and ordered a rerun of the election in three local government areas — Maradun, Birnin Magaji and Bukuyun.
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Justice Sybil Nwaka Gbagiz, who read the lead judgment, ordered that fresh election be conducted at Maradun Local Government Area of the State and in other areas where elections were either cancelled or did not hold at all.
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The Court held that the use of IREV information to declare Lawal as governor in the absence of polling units results were unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional.
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