Abuja: Segun AJAYI
THE
KOGI GOVERNORSHIP Election
Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja in a two to one judgement has affirmed the
election of Governor Yahaya Bello.
A petition against his election
had been filed by Musa Wada, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the 2019 election.
The judgment on Saturday was
two against one.
Delivering the majority
judgement, the Tribunal Chairman, Justice Kashim Kaigama, said the petitioner
failed to prove the allegations of over-voting, massive thumb printing, voter
intimidation, and other electoral malpractices.
It awarded a cost of one
million naira to be paid by the petitioners, PDP and Musa Wada to INEC, Yahaya
Bello and APC who are the respondents.
But on the contrary, Justice
Ohimai Ovbiagele nullified the election.
He said INEC should conduct
fresh elections in seven local government areas where the petitioners proved
their allegations of over-voting, thuggery, voter intimidation, massive thumb
printing, and other electoral malpractices.
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