Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, 31st August, 2020 upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the governor of Kogi State.
The court dismissed the suit of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Musa Wada and Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Natasha Akpoti challenging Bello’s election.
The court therefore upheld the victory of governor Yahaya Bello as winner of the November governorship election in kogi state.
In the lead judgment prepared by Justice Inyang Okoro but read on his behalf by another member of the panel, Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the apex court affirmed the earlier July 4, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja and the May 23, 2020 majority verdict of the election petition tribunal, which had both upheld the Bello’s victory at the poll.
