The Nation Newspaper Kogi governorship dispute: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Ajaka's appeal against Ododo's election
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment on the appeal filed by the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the November 11, 2023, Kogi governorship election, Muritala Ajaka and his party against the decision of the state election petition tribunal.
In his submission, Kanu Agabi while adopting the briefs filed on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission , prayed the court to dismiss the appeal filed by Ajaka and his party for lacking in merit.Agabi argued that the Appeal Court had decided that if the grounds of a petition were inconsistent with one another, and were not consistent with the reliefs, it should be struck out.
Lawyer to Ododo, Joseph Daudu noted that no single piece of evidence of PW1 was admitted as evidence by the court on the ground that he failed to front-load his witness statement beforehand.
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