By Vivian Okejeme
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, Friday, declared Governor Nasir Idris as the authentic winner of the March 8th governorship election of Kebbi State.
It therefore, dismissed the appeal of the People’s Democratic Party PDP and its Governorship candidate, General Aminu Bande for lacking in merit.
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ndukwe Anyannwu, the Appellate Court resolved all the five issues formulated for determination in favour of the governor and against PDP.
Justice Anyanwu held that the allegations of forgery of testimonial brought against the Deputy Governor of the State, Abubakar Umar Tafida was not established as required by law.
She also held that the issues of non compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act in the conduit of the election could not stand because the appellants failed to proof how the allegations substantially affected the election.
Justice Anyanwu subsequently affirmed the judgment of the Kebbi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which had earlier dismissed the petition of PDP and affirmed the election of the governor.
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