Election tribunal receives 2 petitions in Kwara
Speaking with in Ilorin on Tuesday, the secretary of the tribunal, Adamu Aliyu, said that the governorship petitions challenged qualification of governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress to contest the March 9 governorship election.The tribunal also said that it received only one petition on the state House of Assembly elections in the state.
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