The Kogi state governorship election petition tribunal
sitting in Abuja has affirmed Yahaya Bello as the duly elected governor of Kogi
state.
The three-man panel of the tribunal led by Kashim Kaigama,
on Monday, dismissed the suit filed by the Socialist Democratic Party (SDP) and
Natasha Akpoti, its 2019 governorship candidate.
Akpoti and her party had instituted the suit challenging
Bello’s victory as governor on the grounds that irregularities marred the
election.
However, delivering the judgment, the tribunal held that the
petition failed woefully.
Consequently, the tribunal ordered the petitioners (SDP and
Akpoti) to pay N100,000 to each of the respondents.
The respondents in the suit are the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressive Congress (APC), and Bello.
The total cost to be paid by the petitioners sums up to
N600,000.
In the election, Bello polled 406,222 votes to defeat Musa
Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 189,704, while Akpoti got
9,482 votes.
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