November 23, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the victory of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Gombe State.
A three-member panel of the appellate court, in a unanimous ruling on Thursday, dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jibrin Barde, seeking to set aside the September 23 judgment of the Gombe State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the victory of Governor Yahaya in the gubernatorial election.
The court held that the appeal lacked merit. “We have considered all the issues and have agreed that the appeal is void of merit,” the court held.
