Court Uphelds Tambuwal Election As Governor Of Sokoto State

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Appeal Court, sitting in Sokoto State chaired by Justice Hussein Muktar  has upheld the election of Governor Aminu Tambuwal as duly elected

The four-man panel in a unanimous decision upheld Tambuwal’s election after dismissing the appeal filed by the Appellant and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC),  Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto for lacking in merit.

Muktar, who presided over the sitting in his judgement on Friday, affirmed the decision of the lower court that the appellant had failed to prove the allegations of over-voting, the Nation reports.

It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto on Tuesday reserved judgement in the appeal filled by the APC Governorship candidate in the state,Ahmad Aliyu.

Aliyu had challenged the Governorship Election Tribunal judgement that affirmed the election of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 9 governorship election in the state.

The election was declared inconclusive following cancellation of 75, 403 votes which were higher than the 3, 413 votes margin between the leading candidates.

A re-run was held on March 23, which led to the victory of Tambuwal who won with a slim margin of 342 votes.