ABUJA – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Thursday, affirmed the November 2023, election of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Kogi state.
Delivering judgment on the appeal by the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Muritala Ajaka, and his party, a 3-man panel of the appellate court held that the case was unmeritorious, and consequently dismissed same.
All the four issues, identified for determination by the panel, were resolved on favour of respondents.
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The panel reasoned that the appellant did not substantially prove allegations of over-voting, and certificate forgery, among others, levelled against Ododo and his party.
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Appeal Court upholds Ododo’s election as governor of Kogi State
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi state.
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The appellate court on Thursday backed the verdict of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja which had affirmed Ododo’s election victory.
The tribunal had dismissed the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ododo, as winner of the November 11, 2023 Kogi State Governorship election.
The State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, announced that Ododo polled 446,237 votes, to beat his closest rival, Murtala Ajaka of the SDP, who got 259,052.
Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recorded 46,362 votes to place 3rd.
But not satisfied with the result released by INEC, the petitioners approached the tribunal seeking an overturn of the election, and an order directing INEC to conduct a fresh election in about five LGAs.
However, the tribunal dismissed the petition and affirmed the election of Ododo while holding that the petitioner could not prove that the governor presented a forged certificate, among other things. END.
