Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
sitting in Abuja yesterday dismissed James Faleke’s petition against the
victory of Governor Yahaya Bello.
Faleke had challenged Bello’s victory & sought to
be declared winner of the election on the ground that his joint ticket with the
late Audu Abubakar won the election.
Delivering judgment, Justice Mohammed held that
Faleke’s petition lacked merit.
Yahaya Bello became the Governor of the state after
the death of Audu Abubakar on the eve of the election, and was nominated as the
All Progressive Congress candidate for the re-run election which the party
eventually won.
Meanwhile the Kogi State Governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja has also
dismissed a petition brought before it by the immediate-past governor of
the state, Idris Wada, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
challenging the emergence of Yahaya Bello as governor.
Capt, Idris Wada on Tuesday
suffered a similar fate of James Faleke as the tribunal said he
lacked the locus standi to challenge the process that produced Mr. Bello
as the APC candidate.
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