BREAKING: Supreme Court Gives Verdict on Suit Challenging Reversal of Gov Sule's Sack
- The Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal that reversed the sack of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state
- Emmanuel David Ombugadu, the candidate of the PDP in the 2023 election, had filed four appeals before the court, but they were all dismissed by the apex court
- Recall that the APC Governor Sule was earlier sacked by the tribunal before his sack was reversed by the Court of Appeal in Abuja
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Lafia, Nasarawa - The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Governor of Nasarawa State.
A five-member panel of the court, in a judgment a moment ago, dismissed the four appeals filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel David Ombugadu, for being unmeritorious.
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Why Supreme Court dismissed PDP's appeal in Nasarawa governorship election
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, in the lead judgment, resolved all the issues identified for determination against the PDP and Ombugadu, The Nation reported.
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Justice Kekere-Ekun proceeded to dismiss the appeal.
Recall that Governor Sule was sacked from the Nasarawa state governorship election petitions tribunal in a two-to-one split judgment on October 2, 2023.
Why Court of Appeal reverse of sack of Governor Sule of Nasarawa
The trial court nullified the election of the APC governor and ordered that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should issue a new certificate of return to Ombugadu of the PDP.
The tribunal posited that Governor Sule benefitted from over-voting that happened in several polling units across the state.
But in his appeal of the verdict at the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja by Governor Sule, the appellate court on November 23 reversed the sack and dismissed the judgment of the tribunal.
The Court of Appeal said that the tribunal was wrong to have concluded that the governor did not win the majority of the lawful votes cast by the tribunal at the election.
Supreme Court: Anxiety as 5 governors know fate on Friday
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court is set to decide today, Friday, January 19, on the fates of five governors whom the opposition had sought to remove from office.
The governors facing legal suits seeking their sacks include Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, and Nasir Idris of Kebbi state.
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