The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
The court in a unanimous judgement dismissed the appeal filed by Hon. James Faleke, the deputy to Late Abubakar Audu, candidate of the APC aand Captain Idris Wada of the PGP.
The court said it will give reasons for its judgement on September 30, 2016
The election petition tribunal of the state and the court of appeal dismissed their petitions against the governor for lacking in merit.
The apex court is expected to hear the appeal today and determine it one way or the other.
The Court of Appeal in dismissed the appeal filed by Faleke, who and Captain Wada’against Yahaya Bello’s election by four-to-one split decision.
The All Progressives Congress substituted Bello as its governorship candidate and retained Faleke as its deputy governorship candidate after Audu died at the conclusion of the first round of the election held on November 21.
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