Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State, Nigeria has upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as duly elected Governor of Kano State.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate had on October 11 filed a petition at the Appeal Court against the October 2 judgement of the election petition tribunal.
The election petition tribunal had upheld the election of Ganduje of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the March 23 supplementary election held in some electoral wards in Kano State.
Also, in a unanimous judgement delivered on the appeal on Friday, a five-man panel of the court led by Justice Tijjani Abubakar dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Abba Yusuf.
The court affirmed the October 2 judgment of the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had dismissed the petition by PDP and its candidate, challenging Ganduje’s victory at the supplementary election.
The Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Halima Shamaki had in its unanimous judgment on October 2, dismissed the petition filed by the PDP and Yusuf on grounds that the petitioners failed to prove their claims that the election was marred by irregularities and substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
The tribunal also held that INEC was right in declaring the March 9 election in Kano State inconclusive and also in declaring Ganduje the winner of the supplementary election.