Kaduna Governor’s Election Affirmed

 

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday affirmed the election of Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Kaduna State.

Handing down its judgment, a three-member panel of the appellate court held that the tribunal acted in error when it depended on inadmissible evidence to order the conduct of supplementary polls in 22 polling units of four local government areas (LGAs) where the exercise was deemed inconclusive.

The Court of Appeal states that a key witness called by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the tribunal hearing merely gave hearsay evidence, as he was not present when the malpractices he alleged happened.

While holding that the allegations of deduction of votes, stuffing of ballot boxes, and mutilation of sensitive electoral materials made by the said witness were born out of hearsay, the Court of Appeal insisted that the tribunal was right in dismissing the petition of the PDP and Isa Ashiru because the petitioners had abandoned their petition for their failure to apply for the issuance of a prehearing information sheet after close of pleadings as required by paragraph 18(1) of the first schedule to the Electoral Act 2022.

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