BREAKING: Appeal Court Fixes Date For Nasarawa Governorship Election Dispute
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has fixed Thursday for judgment in the Nasarawa State governorship election dispute.
Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed an appeal against the verdict of the tribunal which sacked him and declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sule winner of the governorship election but Ombugadu headed for the court.
According to INEC, Sule polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, who secured 283,016 votes.
In a split decision on October 2, the tribunal nullified Sule’s election and upheld Ombugadu as the winner.
However, Sule, through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), asked the appellate court to upturn the judgment of the tribunal and allow his own appeal.
