The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday has nullified the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule.
Governor Sule was the candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC) in the Nasarawa governorship election that took place in March.
The three-man panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, while delivering the judgment via zoom, said Emmanuel Ombudagu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is the authentic winner of the governorship election
Ezekiel maintained that the petitioner was able to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt for alleged over voting, disruption of votes, among other irregularities.
Ex-Governors Abdullahi Adamu and Tanko Al-makura were among other political dignitaries present at the court.
DAILY GIST recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lafia had declared Abdullahi Sule the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa State in March.
Prof Ishaya Tanko, the INEC returning officer said that the APC candidate polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, David Ombugadu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 283, 016 votes.
