The Appeal Court sitting in Sokoto has affirmed the election of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Sokoto State governor.
The four-man panel in a unanimous decision on Friday upheld Tambuwal’s election after dismissing the Appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 9 election, Ahmed Aliyu.
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The panel held that the appeal lacked merit.
Justice Hussein Muktar who presided over the sitting which lasted over two hours delivered the lead judgement which affirmed the decision of the lower court that the appellant had failed to prove the allegations of over-voting.
