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Live Updates: Supreme Court Rules On Governorship Election Disputes In Seven States
As the Supreme Court continues to pass judgements on governorship tussles in states, the apex court will decide the fate of seven more states today.
Naija News reports that the states expecting a verdit from the apex court today include Plateau, Kano, Zamfara, Abia, Lagos, Cross Rivers, Bauchi and Ebonyi.
Stick with Naija News for updates on the Supreme Court judgement…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Bassey Otu As the Governor Of Cross River State.
In a ruling on Friday, the court dismissed the appeal filed by Professor Sandy Onor and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with which they sought to sack Governor Otu of the APC.
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) as the duly elected Governor of Abia State.
This comes after the apex court, earlier on Wednesday, reserved judgment in the appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Alex Otti as Abia State Governor.
The Supreme Court has declared Caleb Muftwang as the duly elected Governor of Plateau State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March governorship election had appealed the ruling of the Court of Appeal which sacked him as governor.
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the election of Francis Nwifuru as the Governor of Ebonyi State.
Nwifuru contested and won the March 18, 2023 election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but his victory was contested in court.
The Supreme Court has affirmed Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the authentic Governor of Zamfara State.
Naija News understands that Lawal had approached the apex court after the court of appeal in November, declared the governorship election in the state inconclusive and ordered supplementary election in some local government areas in the state.
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the duly elected Governor of Kano State.
Justice John Okoro, who read the lead judgment, held that the lower court was wrong in its judgment to have deducted 165,616 votes from the vote secured by Governor Yusuf.
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the election of Bala Mohammed as the duly elected Governor of Bauchi State.
The apex court dismissed the appeal by Sadique Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for lacking merit.
The Supreme Court, on Friday affirmed the election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the duly elected Governor of Lagos State.
Justice Garba Lawal, who read the lead judgment of the apex court, dismissed the appeal filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP)
The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang and his counterpart in Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, have arrived at the Supreme Court in Abuja.
Naija News reports that the two governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) arrived at the apex court ahead of the commencement of the ruling on the governorship election appeals in their respective states.
Also in court is the immediate past Governor of Plateau state and the former Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Simon Lalong.
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf and his counterpart in Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, have arrived at the Supreme Court in Abuja.
Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf
There is heightened security amid anxiety in some of the states where the Supreme Court judgment is expected today in the dispute over the March 18, 2023 governorship elections.
The situation is tense, especially in Plateau, Kano and Zamfara.
