The elections of Francis Nwifuru and Uba Sani as Ebonyi and Kaduna governors have been affirmed by the Appeal Courts in Lagos and Kaduna respectively.
Kaduna State governorship election petition tribunal had cancelled Governor Sani’s election victory.
Isah Ashiru, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenged Sani’s victory in court and was successful at the Tribunal before he was turned down by the Appeal Court.
Similarly, another division of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has also affirmed the election of Francis Nwifuru as Governor of Ebonyi State.
Also in another judgement, the Court of Appeal, Lagos affirmed the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as winner of the March 18, poll, in Delta State.
The appellate court dismissed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.
The court held that the appeal lacked merit. Recall that the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba had on September 29, upheld Oborevwori as the winner of the March 18, governorship election.
Omo-Agege, however, filed an appeal at the appellate court, challenging the judgment of the election petition tribunal.
Omo-Agege, who is the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, in his appeal, had prayed to be declared winner of the poll.
But Oborevwori urged the court to dismiss the appeal which he contended lacked merit.
