Tribunal affirms Abdullahi Sule as Nasarawa gov, says Ombugadu’s petition lacks merit

The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Lafia has
affirmed the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9th general election.

Mr David Ombugadu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) filed a
petition challenging the result of the election in which INEC
declared Governor Sule was declared as the winner.

Delivering the judgment which lasted for nine hours, the
three-member tribunal headed by Justice Abba Mohammed, dismissed
the case filed by the PDP and it’s candidate , David Ombugadu, on
the grounds that the petition lacked merit.

The PDP and it’s candidate were challenging the declaration that
the election was not in compliance with the INEC guildlines and
that the number of votes that returned the governor did not tally
with the total number of accredited voters in the entire
exercise.

Reacting, the deputy governor of the state, Dr Emmanuel Akabe,
called on the petitioners to join hands with the Abdullahi Sule
led-government to move the state forward.

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