This was seen in a copy of the notice of appeal filed by David Ombugadu’s legal team filed by Wednesday and obtained by SaharaReporters where it listed the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), Sule Audu Alhaji, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as respondents before the apex court....CONTINUE READING
David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship in Nasarawa State has approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria to nullify the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule.
This was seen in a copy of the notice of appeal filed by David Ombugadu’s legal team filed by Wednesday and obtained by SaharaReporters where it listed the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), Sule Audu Alhaji, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as respondents before the apex court.
Recall that SaharaReporters earlier reported how the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed the election of Abdullahi Sule as governor of Nasarawa State on the 23rd of November, 2023.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, voided the verdict of the Nasarawa State governorship election petition tribunal, which sacked governor Sule, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed an appeal against the verdict of the tribunal which sacked him and declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sule winner of the governorship election but Ombugadu headed for the court. According to INEC, Sule polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, who secured 283,016 votes.
In a split decision on October 2, the tribunal nullified Sule’s election and upheld Ombugadu as the winner. However, Sule, through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), asked the appellate court to upturn the judgment of the tribunal and allow his own appeal.
