The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, affirmed the victory of Inuwa Yahaya’s victory as governor of Gombe State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Mohammed Barde had filed a suit challenging the victory of Governor Yahaya in the March 18 governorship election in the Northeast state.
Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with 342,821 votes.
The State’s Governorship Election Tribunal presided over by Justice S.B. Belgore had earlier struck out the PDP and Barde’s case for lacking merit.
Barde alleged in the petition that the election that returned Governor Inuwa as the winner was marred by many irregularities including vote buying.
However, the tribunal ruled that the allegation was baseless and that the petitioners failed to prove the alleged election malpractices and therefore struck out the petition.
