A suit challenging whether the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is fit to contest for the November 16 governorship election in the state will tomorrow, Friday, come up at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Akpoti said “that by his wilful act of making double registration as a voter, Yahaya Bello, candidate of the 1st defendant is not a fit and proper person to be allowed by the 2nd defendant to vote or be voted for in the forthcoming Kogi state governorship election, having committed an act of electoral fraud.
“That Bello, the candidate of the 1st defendant again fraudulently procured from the 2nd defendant. a second registration as a voter on 23rd May 2017, at Government House, Lokoja, while his 2011 first registration as a voter in Abuja was still live, extant and subsisting.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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