The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
In a unanimous judgement, the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by Hon. James Faleke, the deputy to late Abubakar Audu, candidate of the APC and that of Captain Idris Wada of the PDP.
The court said it will give reasons for its judgement on September 30, 2016.
The election petition tribunal of the state and the court of appeal had also dismissed their petitions against the governor for lacking in merit.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) had substituted Bello as its governorship candidate and retained Faleke as its deputy governorship candidate after Audu died at the conclusion of the first round of the election held on November 21, 2015.
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