The Supreme Court, Monday upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as Governor of Kano State and his counterpart in Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal.
The apex court in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta held that appeal lacked merit because the appellants failed to prove their case.
According to the judgment, the appeallants in Kano appeal could not prove that judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld the election of Ganduje was perverse as was delivered in error.
The apex court consequently agreed with the concurrent judgment of the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal which held that Ganduje was tightly declared winner of the March 9 governorship election in Kano State.
Also, the court in a unanimous judgment held that the appellants failed to prove allegations made against the election that returned Aminu Tambuwal as governor of Sokoto State.
The All Progressive Congress candidate Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto had approached the apex court to set aside the concurrent judgment of the tribunal and Court of Appeal which upheld the election of Tambuwal and declare him winner of the Sokoto governorship election.
INEC had declared Tambuwal of the PDP winner of the Sokoto governorship election having won majority of votes cast with a slim margin of barely 300 votes.
The APC candidate in his appeal however claimed that the election was rigged in favour of Tambuwal and approached the Supreme Court to nullify the election.
However in the judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Aba-Aji the apex court held that the case of the appeallants lacked merit.
