“Confidently Floating in Stream of Doubt”: Shehu Sani Reacts to “Confusing” Kaduna Tribunal Verdict

• Senator Shehu Sani has lambasted the Kaduna election tribunal over its governorship election judgement
• The former federal lawmaker said the tribunal had over four months to deliver its judgement yet gave a confusing verdict
• He added that the tribunal judgement has left the ruling APC and the PDP floating in the stream of doubt

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the “confusing” verdict of the Kaduna State Election Petition Tribunal of Thursday, September 28.

There were confusing reports that the election tribunal sacked Governor Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared the governorship election in the state inconclusive.

However, Governor Uba Sani took to his Facebook page to share proof that his election victory was not cancelled.

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Reacting to the confusing verdict, Sani said the tribunal cowardly gave a judgement aimed at appeasing both the ruling APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

In a post via his verified X handle (formerly Twitter), @ShehuSani said the verdict ended up confusing both sides.

“The Judges for the Kaduna Election Tribunal spent four months and cowardly ended up giving judgement aimed at appeasing both sides and confusingly leaving both sides

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that two of the judges posited that the appeal of the PDP and its candidate, Ashiru, brought against the dismissal of their petition at the preliminary stage by the first and second defendants did not have merit because of the filing of the pre-hearing notice they abandoned and out of time.

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The judges added that this affected the entire petition filed by the PDP.

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Reacting to the court's judgment, Governor Uba expressed excitement over his victory at the tribunal.

He noted that the principles of democracy were upheld through the court's judgment as he sought partnership with those who lost out in the court.

Tribunal rejects Sani’s motion

In related news, Legit.ng reported that the tribunal in Kaduna discarded the preliminary objection filed by Governor Sani against the PDP and Ashiru.

Sani had filed the motion questioning the timeliness of the PDP's petition against him. He argued that the petition was filed outside the 21 days allowed by the law.

Source: Legit.ng