The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal that is seeking to nullify the election of Gov. Siminalayi Fubara in the March 18, 2023, governorship poll.
After all parties in the lawsuit adopted their argumentative briefs on Monday, a five-member panel of the court presided over by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun reserved judgment on the appeal.
After Innocent Kere of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) withdrew his appeal, the Supreme Court also rejected it.
Persecondnews reports that part of the prayers of Tonye-Cole is that the court should sack Fubara as governor for failing to resign as Accountant General of the state after emerging as the candidate of the PDP in the last election.
Tonye-Cole has also argued that Fubara was not qualified to contest the last election, let alone be declared the winner of the election.
On another ground, the APC governorship candidate is asking the court to cancel elections in some local government areas over allegations of irregularities, or he should be declared the winner of the election.
Tonye-Cole‘s suit was dismissed at the tribunal for lacking merit in all the grounds but won some of the grounds at the Court of Appeal court before proceeding to the Supreme Court.
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