Supreme court affirms the election of Ganduje, Tambuwal

Yusuf Bello| The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election victories of Abdullahi Ganduje as the Governor of Kano state and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state.

Delivering judgment in the case filed by the PDP governorship candidate in Kano state, a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court led in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Nguta, dismissed the appeal filed by Abba Yusuf challenging the election of Governor Ganduje for lacking in merit.

According to the court, the appellant failed to prove any case of irregularity in the main election held on March 9 and the supplementary election on March 23, 2019.

The apex court also in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, dismissed the appeal filed by the APC governorship candidate in Sokoto State on the ground that the appellant failed to prove his allegation of non-compliance with the electoral act and issues of over-voting.

Tambuwal was re-elected for a second term after supplementary polls were held.