Breaking: Supreme Court Affirms Yahaya Bello as Kogi State Governor

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The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state.

A seven-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, in a unanimous judgment, affirmed Bello’s election and dismissed the appeal of Musa Wada, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, challenging the victory.

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In the lead judgment prepared by Justice Inyang Okoro but read on his behalf by another member of the panel, Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the apex court affirmed the earlier July 4, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja and the May 23, 2020 majority verdict of the election petition tribunal, which had both upheld  Bello’s victory at the poll.

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The apex court resolved all the five issues raised for determination in the appeal against the PDP and its governorship candidate in the disputed poll, Musa Wada, who jointly filed the appeal.

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It resolved all the five issues in favour of Bello, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission and declared the appellants’ appeal as lacking in merit.

The court ruled, “Having resolved all the five issues against the appellants, it is abundantly clear that the appeal is devoid of any scintilla of merit and it is accordingly dismissed.”

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Other members of the panel are Justices Okoro and Abba-Aji,  Justices Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, Sylvester Ngwuta, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and Amina Augie.

 

 

 

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