The Supreme Court on Friday, 12th January
2024, delivered judgements on the appeals
involving governorship elections in eight
states of the federation.
The separate judgements are all related
to the outcomes of the March 18, 2023,
governorship elections in the affected
states.
A summary of the judgement shows the
APC won in 3 states, the PDP won three
states, and the LP and NNPP Won one state
each.
Below are the states declared in favour
of the AlI Progressives Congress (APC),
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour
Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples
Party (NNPP) based on Friday's ruling by
the apex court.
State won by APC
1. Lagos State
The Supreme Court, on Friday affirmed the
election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the duly
elected Governor of Lagos State.
Justice Garba Lawal, who read the lead
judgment of the apex court, dismissed the
appeal filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of
the Labour Party (LP)
He held that the deputy governor of Lagos,
Obafemi Hamzat, was duly qualified to
contest the March 18, 2023, governorship
election.
2. Ebonyi State
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the
election of Francis Nwifuru as the Governor
of Ebonyi State.
Nwifuru contested and won the March
18, 2023 election on the platform of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) but his
victory was contested in court.
Justice Tijani Abubakar, who read the lead
judgment of the apex court on Friday, held
that the appeal filed by Chukwuma Odii
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is
unmeritorious.
3. Cross River State
Nigeria's Supreme Court has affirmed the
election of Bassey Otu As the Governor Of
Cross River State.
In a ruling on Friday, the court dismissed
the appeal filed by Professor Sandy Onor
and his party, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) with which they sought to sack
Governor Otu of the APC.
In the lead judgment, Justice Helen
Ogunwumiju held that the appellants failed
to prove their case.
State won by PDP
1. Bauchi State
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the
election of Bala Mohammed as the duly
elected Governor of Bauchi State.
The apexX court in a lead judgment read
by Justice lbrahim Saulawa, dismissed
the appeal by Sadique Abubakar of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) for lacking
merit.
2. Zamfara State
The Supreme Court has affirmed Dauda
Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) as the authentic Governor of Zamfara
State.
Africanbase understands that Lawal had approached the apex court after the court of appeal in November, declared the governorship election in the state
inconclusive and ordered supplementary election in some local government areas in the state.
A former Governor of the state, Bello
Matawalle, had challenged the victory of
Lawal at the Court of Appeal.
3. Plateau State
The Supreme Court has declared Caleb
Muftwang as the duly elected Governor of
Plateau State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
candidate in the March governorship
election had appealed the ruling of the
Court of Appeal, which sacked him as
governor.
State won by NNPP
1. Kano State
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed
Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples
Party (NNPP) as the duly elected Governor
of Kano State.
Justice John Okoro, who read the lead
judgment, held that the lower court was
wrong in its judgment to have deducted
165,616 votes from the vote secured by
Governor Yusuf.
State won by Labour Party
1. Abia State
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed Alex
Otti of the Labour Party (LP) as the duly
elected Governor of Abia State.
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This comes after the apex court, earlier
on Wednesday, reserved judgment in the
appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) and the All Progressives
Congress (APC) against the election of Alex
Otti as Abia State Governor.
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