The victory of Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State in the March 18 governorship election in the state was on Thursday nullified by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja.
A three-member panel of justices also ordered a rerun of the election in three local government areas.
The affected LGAs are Maradun, Birnin Magaji and Bukuyun.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Lawal the winner of the March 18 governorship election.
But the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bello Matawalle challenged the victory of Lawal, who ran under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The tribunal had upheld Lawal’s election, but the Matawalle, now Minister of State for Defence, proceeded to the Appeal Court.
