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S/Court Affirms The Election Of Abdullahi Sule As Governor Of Nasarawa State
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S/Court Affirms The Election Of Abdullahi Sule As Governor Of Nasarawa State
By Abbas Salihu
A 5-Man Panel of Justices of the Supreme Court, has dismissed an appeal by David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seeking to upturn the electoral victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State.
Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Kudirat Kekere Ekun dismissed Ombugadu’s appeal for being ‘devoid of merit, vexatious and incompetent.
The panel unanimously held that all the sister appeals abide by the instant judgment and ordered parties to bear their respective costs.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Sule as winner of the election with 347,209 votes to beat his closest challenger, Ombugadu, who polled 283,016 votes.
