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Supreme Court upholds election of Gov Bello

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The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.

A seven-man panel of the court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, made this declaration in two judgments dismissing the separate appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and the Socialist Democratic Party.

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