BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Election Of Adamawa Governor Fintiri, Dismisses APC Petition
The apex court docket held that Governor Fintiri used to be validly elected basically based on the provisions of the legislation.
The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday affirmed the election of Adamawa Notify governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
The apex court docket held that Governor Fintiri used to be validly elected basically based on the provisions of the legislation.
On January 29, SaharaReporters reported that the Supreme Court docket of Nigeria reserved judgment within the enchantment filed by Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A 5-member panel led by John Okoro on Monday adjourned the topic for judgment after being attentive to the arguments of the parties within the topic.
Binani’s counsel, Akin Olujimi, had argued that the declaration made by then-Adamawa Notify Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, that she received the 2023 governorship election used to be ultimate.
SaharaReporters had reported how the Court docket of Charm sitting in Abuja affirmed the election of Fintiri in December 2023.
The panel of three judges pushed apart the enchantment filed by Binani and affirmed the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
Delivering the judgment, the presiding establish, Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye, awarded N500,000 in favour of every of the three respondents.
Binani alleged loads of irregularities and noteworthy non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
She hinged her case on non-accreditation, spoiled accreditation, overvoting, violence, and snatching of election materials, among other irregularities.
She argued that Fintiri’s election would per chance moreover no longer stand because there had been loads of declarations of winner and returns made, as basically based on her, she used to be earlier declared the winner by the REC, Yunusa-Ari.
As such, she maintained that the election had two diversified declarations of a winner.
Fintiri purchased 9,337 votes within the supplementary election held within the yell, defeating Binani who got right here second within the contest with 6,513 votes.
The supplementary election used to be held in 69 polling units among the yell’s 20 native administrations, with fewer than 40,000 eligible voters.
The outcome had been announced by the INEC Returning Officer within the yell, Mohammed Mele.
Mele, a professor, acknowledged the PDP governorship candidate had met the constitutional requirement and thereby returned as governor of the yell.