Tribunal Dismisses Shehu Sani’s Petition, PRP Heads For Appeal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 22, 2019
TheNational and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna havedismissed the petition of Senator Shehu Sani of Peoples Redemption Party, PRPfor lack of merit.
ShehuSani had approached the Tribunal asking it to invalidate the election of UbaSani of the All Progressives Congress, APC as Senator of Kaduna CentralSenatorial District.
UbaSani, a former Political Adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai,  won the February 16th, 2019 election with355, 242 votes. His closest contestant, Lawal Adamu of the PDP, scored 195,497votes while Shehu Sani was a distant third with 70,613 votes.
TheTribunal’s Chairman, Justice A. H. Suleiman in a judgment that lasted twohours, said that Sani’s petition had no substance and lacked merit. He addedthat the petitioner had failed to present convincing evidence to warrant thenullification of the election.
Onit part, the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP in Kaduna State said it will appealthe judgement of the tribunal, noting that the ruling is a mere “judicialcoronation of fraud”.