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Just in: S/Court Affirms Gov. Inuwa Yahaya’s Victory
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Just In: S/Court Affirms Gov. Inuwa Yahya’s Victory
By Musa Yahaya, Gombe
The supreme court has affirmed Inuwa Yahaya’s re-election as the governor of Gombe state.
A five-member panel of the court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, held that the appeal by Jibrin Barde, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lacks merit.
Affirming the verdict of the court of appeal which upheld Yahaya’s victory, Kekere-Ekun held that the concurrent findings were not shown to be perverse enough to warrant being set aside.
Yahaya was declared winner of the March 18 governorship election after he scored 342,821 votes to defeat his closest rival, Barde who polled 233,131 votes.
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