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Supreme Court affirms Bello’s election as Kogi governor

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TRACKING____The Supreme Court has finally laid to rest the legal tussle that characterised Kogi State governorship election of November 16, 2019.

The apex court on Monday affirmed the election of Bello as Kogi State governor and dismissed the appeal of the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Wada, and the party against the election of Bello as governor of the state.

The Supreme Court in a unanimous judgment dismissed Musa’s appeal for lacking in merit.

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It upheld the concurrent decisions of the Court of Appeal and the majority judgment of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

The lead judgment, read by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, held that the appellants were unable to prove allegations of electoral malpractices in the November 16 governorship election.

The apex court held that failure of the appellants to call polling units agents was fatal to their case, adding that the appellants merely dumped documents that could not be attached probate value.

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