Appeal Court affirm Election Victory of Kaduna, Delta and Ebonyi State Governors

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected Governor of Kaduna State, dismissing the petition filed by Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Delivering the judgment on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court ruled that the tribunal acted in error when it depended on inadmissible evidence to order the conduct of supplementary polls in 22 polling units of four local government areas where the exercise was deemed inconclusive.

The court stated that a key witness called by the PDP during the tribunal hearing merely gave hearsay evidence as he was not present when the malpractices he alleged happened.

The appeal court also ruled that the allegations of deduction of votes, stuffing of ballot boxes, and mutilation of sensitive electoral materials made by the said witness were born out of hearsay.

Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos upheld the election victory of Governors Francis Nwifuru and Sheriff Oborevwori of Ebonyi and Delta States.