The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, October 3, rejected the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule.
The three-man panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, had delivered the judgment via zoom, announcing that Emmanuel Ombudagu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was the winner.
Two of the judges had agreed that the PDP had been the rightful winner of the election but one judge had disagreed with this judgement.
Justice Ajayi had maintained that the petitioner was able to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt.
Former Governors Abdullahi Adamu and Tanko Al-makura had been among some of the political dignitaries present at the court today.
This declaration is coming after the Independent National Electoral Commission–INEC, in Lafia, had announced Abdullahi Sule as the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa State in March 2023.
Prof Ishaya Tanko, the INEC returning officer had in March, announced that the APC candidate had polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, David Ombugadu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled a total of 283, 016 votes.
