The Supreme Court on Tuesday has upheld the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. The seven-man panel headed by Justice Sylvester Ngwata affirmed the election after listening to the closing statements of all the counsel.
The case, having gotten to the appellate court, was dismissed on the basis of Section 221 of the Nigerian constitution, which states that only a political party could canvass votes — not individuals.
Jummai Sankey, the judge, said Faleke joined the late Audu after the APC primary had been conducted, but Bello participated and was the second runner-up in the election.
Dissatisfied with the judgement, Faleke asked his lawyers to head to the supreme court to appeal the verdict of the appellate court. He alleged that some highly placed government officials were “exerting pressure on judges.”
Making arguments in different appeals at the apex court on Tuesday, Joseph Daudu, counsel to Bello, said Faleke, the appellant had failed to prove his grounds of his appeal right from the tribunal.
The court picked September 30 as the date when it would explain how it arrived at the judgement.
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Supreme court has finally upheld Yahaya Bello as the winning candidate for Kogi state governorship election on Tuesday, 20, September 2016.
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