Senator Austin Akobundu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been affirmed as the duly elected senator for Abia Central Senatorial District. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja passed the ruling on Friday. The Court of Appeal dismissed the application filed by Darlington Nwokocha of the Labour Party (LP), seeking it to review and reverse…
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has dismissed the appeals brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their governorship candidates against the election of Governor Alex Otti of Abia State. In a unanimous decision on Saturday, the three-man Appeal Court panel upheld the victory of Otti at the…
The Court of Appeal has affirmed the election of Sheriff Oborevwori, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Delta State governorship poll which was held on March 18. The judgment was delivered on today Friday, nearly two months after the Delta State Governorship Election Petition upheld governor Oborevwori election. The three-member tribunal headed by…
There seems to be confusion in Kano State following the emergence of a Certified True Copy of the Court of Appeal judgment on the state gvernorship election. While the widely reported verdict of the court last Friday indicated that the appellate court upheld the decision of the petition tribunal sacking Governor Abba Yusuf, the state…
The judgment in Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s appeal against his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Kano State has been scheduled for Friday by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. On September 20, 2023, a three-man panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay, invalidated 165,663 of Yusuf’s votes as they were not signed or stamped by…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the victory of Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah in the March 18 governorship election. This comes four days after the Federal High Court Abuja awarded N5 million in damages against the NYSC for claiming that its discharge certificate held by Mbah was fake. The court dismissed…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Friday, affirmed Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah as the winner of the 2023 Anambra South Senatorial District Election. The court delivered judgement on the appeals filed by the Candidate of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chris Azubogu, Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chris Uba and Candidate…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the election victory of Senator Gabriel Suswam of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and affirmed Emmanuel Udende as the validly elected Senator for the Benue North-East senatorial district. A three-member panel of the appellate Court, led by Justice Abimbola Adejumo, set aside the judgment of the State…
Abbo was elected in February 2023 under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
