The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has declared the
Zamfara governorship election, inconclusive.
A three-member panel of the appellate court unanimously
annulled the victory of Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Lawal
as the winner of the March 18 election with 377,726 votes.
However, Bello Matawalle, candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), who polled 311,976 votes, challenged the outcome of the poll.
Matawalle, now minister of state for defence, had accused
INEC of subverting his victory at the poll by failing to include the results of
some ward areas.
However, the tribunal in a judgement on September 18, held
that the petition was devoid of merit.
The court also awarded the N500,000 fine against the
petitioners.
Matawalle and the APC then filed an appeal challenging the
decision of the tribunal.
Delivering judgement, the court of appeal held that the
Zamfara state election petitions tribunal did not consider the evidence
provided by the appellants.
Consequently, the court of appeal declared the election as
inconclusive and ordered INEC to hold a fresh election in three LGAs.
The local governments are Maradun, Birnin-Magaji and Bukyun.
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