The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday upheld the election of Governor Nasir Idris as the duly elected governor of Kebbi State.
The panel of judges comprised Justice Ofem Ofem, Justice Dauraba Suleiman-Sikkom and Justice Celestina Dafe.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Gen. Aminu Bande, had filed a joint suit challenging the election of Idris as governor in the March 15 election and April 18 rerun.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the fist respondent; Idris, second respondent; Deputy Governor Abubakar Umar-Tafida, third respondent and the All Progressives Congresd (APC) is the fourth respondent.
The petitioners alleged that the deputy governor had submitted a fake secondary school testimonial to INEC, over voting and ineligibility of the governor to contest.
Delivering the judgment, the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ofem, held that the petitions were lacking…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
