The Kogi State Governorship elections petition tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday affirms Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Kogi State.
The Kogi State Governorship elections petition tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday affirms Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress as governor of Kogi State . The court dismissed the petition of Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party for failure to substantially prove material facts in his petition as required by law. The…The Kogi State Governorship elections petition tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday affirms Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress as governor of Kogi State .
The court further held that the petitioner, according to law, is duty-bound to lead evidence to show that there was substantial inconsistency and also show how the irregularities are enough to affect the outcome of the election . The court said that both the video evidence and other documents were merely dumped in the court as they failed to demonstrate the relevance of documents to the court.
He also held that the governor was not qualified to contest for the election as at the time of the elections. The case, which commenced in December 2023, came to its highest point on May 13 when SDP, Ajaka, APC, Ododo, and Independent National Electoral Commission adopted their final written addresses, after which the tribunal reserved judgment in the petition.
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