The Appeal Court sitting in Sokoto has upheld the election of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as duly elected.
The four-man panel in a unanimous decision upheld Tambuwal’s election after dismissing the Appeal filed by the Appellant and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto for lacking in merit.
Justice Hussein Muktar who presided over the sitting that lasted over two hours delivered the Lead judgement which affirmed the decision of the lower court that the appellant had failed to prove the allegations of over-voting.
The court noted that both appeal and cross-appeal are lacking in merit and thereby dismissed them at no cost. The court also took time in resolving all issues brought before it in favour of the respondents.
Three other judges on the panel, however, agreed with the lead verdict delivered by Justice Husseini Mukhtar.
Aliyu and the APC had on 16th October 2019, filed the appeal before the Court, challenging the judgement of the tribunal that dismissed Aliyu’s petition.