Supreme Court Upholds Elections Of Makinde, El-Rufai

Adelabu, who lost to Makinde during the March 9, 2019 elections, had approached the Supreme Court to challenge the appeal court ruling.

The appellate court after evaluating the evidence brought by Oyo APC and its candidate ruled that the status quo should be maintained.

In the case of Kaduna, it would be recalled that the Court of Appeal sitting in the state had in November dismissed an appeal by Isah Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which affirmed El-Rufai’s victory at the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.

The court had ruled that El-Rufai was duly re-elected as Governor of Kaduna State.

It would be recalled that the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, lost at the tribunal and headed to the Supreme Court.