The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the election of Rep Jafaru Leko as member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal
The three-member panel, presided by Justice Lawal Shuaibu, dismissed the appeal filed by Kefas Magaji of the Peoples Democratic Party on the grounds that it lacked merit.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Leko of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the February 25 general election into the federal constituency seat.But the National and State Houses of Assembly Elections Tribunal dismissed the petition.
Delivering the judgment on Friday, the Appeal Court agreed with the submission of Mr Johnson Usman, SAN, counsel to Leko, that the trial tribunal was right when it dismissed the petition.
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