The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of former Kogi State governor and candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 2019 governorship poll, Musa Wada and his party against the election of incumbent governor Yahaya Bello, ruling that the latter remained governor.
The apex court in a unanimous judgment dismissed the appeal for “lacking in merit” and upheld the concurrent decisions of the Court of Appeal and the majority judgment of the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The lead judgment read by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji held that the appellants were unable to prove allegations of electoral malpractices in the November 16 governorship election.
Also, the court held that failure of the appellants to call polling units’ agents was fatal to their case, adding that the appellants “merely dumped documents that could not be attached probate value”.
The court did not rule on Natasha Akpoti’s appeal
