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November 22, 2019
The Appeal Court sitting in Sokotohas reaffirmed the election of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the People’sDemocratic Party, PDP.
The four-man panel in a commondecision, upheld Tambuwal’s election after dismissing the Appeal filed by theAppellant and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APCAhmed Aliyu for lacking in merit.
Justice Husseini Mukhtar, deliveringthe judgment held that the verdict of the lower Tribunal was in order that thepetitioners had failed to establish their claims to noncompliance with theElectoral Act and the issue of over voting.
Aliyu is challenging the tribunaljudgment that affirmed the election of Tambuwal of the PDP at the 2019Governorship election in the state.
The Governorship Election which heldon March 9 was declared inconclusive following cancellationof 75,403 votes which were higher than the 3,413 votes margin between the leadingcandidates.
The re-run was then conducted onMarch 23, which led to the victory of Tambuwal who won with a slim margin of342 votes.