The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday has declared the Zamfara State Governorship Election inconclusive.
The court also ordered re-run in three Local Government Areas. The Local Governments are: Maradun, Birnin-Magaji and Bukkuyum.
It held that the Zamfara State Election Petitions Tribunal did not consider the evidence provided by the appellants – All Progressives Congress (APC).
DAILY GIST recalls that the Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had dismissed a petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, challenging the declaration of Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the 18 March governorship election.
Mr Lawal scored 377,726 votes to be declared the winner of the election.
Mr Matawalle scored only 311,976 to emerge the first runner-up.
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