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| Aminu Tambuwal |
By Kess
Ewubare
The Court of Appeal on Friday, November 22, upheld the election of
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state. The four-member panel of judges led by
Justice Husseini Mukhtar declared that Tambuwal was duly elected and upheld the
judgment of the tribunal which had earlier dismissed the petition filed against
the governor by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship
candidate, Hon Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, Sun reports.
The court ruled that the
appellant failed to prove the allegations of over-voting and stated that both
appeal and cross-appeal were lacking in merit.
In another report, Governor
Emeka Ihedioha of Imo state has described the Court of Appeal ruling which
affirmed his election as a vindication of the mandate delivered to him by the
people of the state.
The Imo state governor speaking on Tuesday, November 19,
shortly after a five-man panel of the appellate court led by Justice Oyebisi
Omoleye affirmed his victory, said the verdict of the court is a reaffirmation
of confidence on Nigeria’s judicial system.
Ihedioha, who stated that
his focus remained on rebuilding Imo, said he bears no ill against those with
different political leanings who challenged the mandate freely given to him by
the people of Imo state.
Meanwhile, the re-elected governor of Kogi state,
Yahaya Bello, has expressed his readiness and that of his party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to meet any of his opponents in court over the
result of the November 16 Kogi governorship election.
The governor stated this
when he fielded questions from journalists after he paid a visit to President
Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Thursday, November 21,
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. He said that the presentation of the
certificate of return to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) had proved that he won the gubernatorial election as expected.
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