Adamu, Al-Makura, Others Attend Nasarawa Gov’ship Election Petition Tribunal Sitting

Former Governors of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu and Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, attended the proceedings of the state Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, the state capital.

Naija News reports that the tribunal is expected to deliver its judgement on the petitions challenging the election of Abdullahi Sule in the March 18 governorship poll.

In the first petition, the tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) challenging the election of Governor Sule for lacking in merit with no cost awarded.

Justice Ezekiel Ajayi chaired the three-man panel which delivered the judgement virtually and upheld the election of Governor Sule.

Recall that on March 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sule of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in the state for scoring the highest votes during the polls.

He was re-elected for a second term in office after securing, 209 votes to beat his closest contender, David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 283,016 votes, while Abdullahi Maidoya of the NNPP had 11,726 votes.

Not satisfied with the outcome of the exercise, both the PDP and the NNPP as well as their respective governorship candidates approached the tribunal to nullify Sule’s victory