Sets Aside Tribunal Judgement
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday declared Abdullahi Sule the dully elected governor of Nasarawa State.
The appellate court set aside the October 2, judgement of the Nasarawa State Election Petitions Tribunal that sacked Governor Sule of the All Progressives Congress and declared David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the governorship election.
The three-member panel held that the tribunal erred in law in concluding that Sule did not win majority of the votes cast in the election.
It also held that the Tribunal erred by not considering the issue of jurisdiction raised by Governor Sule.
According to the Appeal Court, the issue of jurisdiction was very fundamental and the failure by the Tribunal to consider it rendered its verdict voidable, and the verdict arising from the defective proceeding could not stand.
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