Nasarawa Election Appeal: Court Postpones Verdict On Governor Sule’s Challenge

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has deferred its judgment on the appeal lodged by Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…CONTINUE READING

contesting the majority decision by a lower tribunal that nullified his election in favor of David Ombugadu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

A three-member panel of justices led by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam informed the involved parties that the date for the judgment would be communicated to them.

During the day’s proceedings, Wole Olanipekun, counsel to Governor Sule, who submitted five processes to contest the appeal, urged the court to reject the tribunal’s judgment and uphold his client’s appeal.

Olanipekun argued that the tribunal had neglected the submissions of their witnesses during the hearing and that data from the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) presented to the tribunal were merely introduced without being considered as evidence.

After presenting his processes, Kanu Agabi, counsel to Ombugadu and the PDP, urged the court to dismiss the appeal against the tribunal judgment, stating that their evidence was purely documentary.

Regarding the BVAS issue, Agabi asserted that it was adequately demonstrated in the tribunal as required by law, with the printout from the machine displayed, refuting the claim that they were simply presented without analysis.