Tribunal Sacks Nasarawa Gov, Returns Ombugadu Of PDP (Video)

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Nasarawa State has sacked Alhaji Abduallahi Sule as governor of the state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC and returned the Peoples Democratic Party’s PDP’s Dr David Ombugadu as the winner. .

The decision was reached after the tribunal revoked what it deemed as irregularly collated votes that were stacked in favour of the APC candidate bringing down the tally of the APC candidate

Delivering the judgment virtually, the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi declared Emmanuel Ombugadu of the PDP as the lawfully elected governor of Nasarawa State.

Two of the justices on the tribunal agreed that the election was won by the PDP while one judge dissented and agreed to the sack of Sule as governor of Nasarawa State.

Ezekiel maintained that the petitioner was able to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt.

Ex-Governors Abdullahi Adamu and Tanko Al-makura were among other political dignitaries present at the court.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lafia, declared Abdullahi Sule the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa State in March.

Prof Ishaya Tanko, the INEC returning officer said that the APC candidate polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, David Ombugadu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 283, 016 votes.

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