Supreme Court Affirms Nasir Idris As Governor Of Kebbi State

The Supreme Court has on Friday, affirmed the election of Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, after dismissing the appeal filed by Aminu Bande of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In the lead judgement that was delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court held that it found no reason to set aside the concurrent verdicts of the Court of Appeal and the Kebbi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which declared Nasir of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, as the valid winner of the gubernatorial poll that was held in the state on March 18, 2023.

It also held that the appeal by Bande lacked merit.

It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the Kebbi State governorship election inconclusive owing to massive vote cancellations and over-voting in 20 of the 21 LGAs in the state.

The Commission subsequently, conducted a supplementary election on April 15, which it declared Governor Idris of the APC winner after he polled 409,225 votes to beat Bande of the PDP who got 360,940 votes.

However, the PDP and its candidate approached the tribunal to challenge the result. 

In its judgement, the Justice Ofem Ofem-led tribunal dismissed the petition as lacking in merit.

The Court of Appeal upheld the tribunal’s ruling, ruling that the appellants had not proven each one of the claims they made in their petition.

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