The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared Uba Sani of Kaduna State the validly-elected governor in the March 18 election.
The appellate court affirmed the judgment of the State Election Petitions Tribunal, which earlier dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Isa Ashiru, against the election of Governor Sani.
The court held that the Tribunal was right in dismissing the petition of the PDP and Mr Ashiru because the petitioners “abandoned their petition” due to their failure to apply for issuance of pre-hearing information sheet after close of pleadings as required by paragraph 18(1) of the first schedule to the Electoral Act, 2022.
It also held that the Tribunal acted in error when it depended on inadmissible evidence to order the conduct of supplementary polls in 22 polling units of four local government areas of the State where the exercise was deemed inconclusive.
