Supreme court affirms election of Ganduje, Tambuwal as governor

ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Supreme Court today affirmed the election of Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) as the the duly elected governor of Sokoto State.

The court dismissed the appeal filed by Ahmed Aliyu challenging the election of Aminu Tambuwaal.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the court dismissed the appeal on the ground that the appellant failed to prove his allegation of non-compliance with the electoral act and issues of over-voting.

In the case of Kano State, the 7-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s Abba Yusuf to challenge the victory of the governor at the March 2019 poll.

Justice Sylvster Ngwuta who delivered the lead judgment of the Supreme Court held that Yusuf failed to demonstrate any cogent reasons to warrant the setting aside of both the judgments of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.

Both courts had earlier both affirmed the victory of Ganduje and his party, the All Progressives Congress in the election in the state.