Supreme Court affirms election of Yahaya Bello as Kogi Governor

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Supreme Court today affirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as the duly elected governor of Kogi State.

In a unanimous judgment prepared by Justice Inyang Okoro but delivered by Justice Uwani Musa Abba Aji, the seven man panel led by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Tanko held that the appeal  by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lacked merit and accordingly dismissed it.

The panel held that the petitioners dumped documents on the court and abandoned their written briefs that the election was marred with irregularities at the lower courts.

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The apex court held that the forensic expert called by the appellants was not a qualified fingerprint expert.