Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Kebbi Governorship

From Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on the governorship election dispute between Nasir Idris of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) and Aminu Bande of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The five-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun reserved the judgment after parties in the petition adopted their processes. 

At Tuesday’s proceedings, the respondents counsel urged the court to dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit and uphold the judgments of the lower courts that upheld the election.

The appellant lawyers while adopting their processes  urged the apex court to find merit in the appeal and allow the appeal Recall that the Court of Appeal Abuja had upheld the election of Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State.

The three-member panel of the court of appeal, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Aminu Bande, for lack of merit.

The court, in a judgment delivered by Ndukwe Anyannwu, resolved all the five issues formulated for determination in favour of the governor and against the PDP with its candidate.