The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the judgment of the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sacking Governor Abdullahi Sule of the A three-member panel of the court held that the tribunal was wrong to have declined to determine the legal issues identified in the objection raised by the APC and Sule, challenging its jurisdiction to hear the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) and its candidate, David Ombugadu and the competence of the petition.
The court held that the petitioners at the tribunal – PDP and Ombugadu – failed to prove their allegations of over-voting and non-compliance with the Electoral Act. In the lead judgment, Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam, who headed the panel, held that the tribunal was wrong when it failed to determine the issue of jurisdiction raised by the respondents at the trial tribunal (APC and Sule) and the competence of the petition
Court Of Appeal Abuja Judgment Nasarawa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Governor Abdullahi Sule Legal Issues Objection APC Jurisdiction Petition PDP David Ombugadu Competence
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