Appeal Court Declares Zamfara Governorship Election Inconclusive

The Zamfara State governorship election has been declared inconclusive by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the election.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, had challenged the outcome of the March 18 governorship election at the tribunal but his petition was dismissed for lacking in merit.

Delivering the judgment on Thursday, the Court of Appeal declared the election as inconclusive and ordered INEC to hold a fresh election in three local governments.

The three-member panel of justices annulled the victory of Lawal and ordered a rerun of the election in three local government areas.

The affected LGAs are Maradun, Birnin Magaji and Bukuyun.

In the lead judgement that was read by Justice Sybil Nwaka, the court held that it was wrong for INEC to rely on information it obtained from its IReV portal, to collate the final result of the governorship election.