The Governorship, National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Sokoto State, on Monday dismised the petition of Isa Bashir-Kalanjeni challenging the election of Yusuf Kurdula of All Progressives Congress .
The grounds were that the election was marred with irregularities and did not comply with the Electoral Act while the winner was not competent to contest and did not score the majority of lawful votes. He noted that the respondent not leading any witness did not amount to agreement to the issues, as he had conducted cross examinations and raised his case on some of the petitioner’s submission.
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