A large delegation from Nasarawa State has stormed the Appeal Court in Abuja for the judgment in the governorship election dispute.
Political bigwigs including Abdullahi Adamu, former national chairman of the APC; Umaru Al-Makura, former governor of Nasarawa; Labaran Maku, former minister of information and Mike Omeri, former director-general of National Orientation Agency, are present in court on Thursday.
Politics Nigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March election but David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headed for the tribunal.
According to INEC, Sule polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, who secured 283,016 votes.
In a split decision on October 2, the tribunal nullified Sule’s election and upheld Ombugadu as the winner.
However, Sule, through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), asked the appellate court to upturn the judgment of the tribunal and allow his own appeal.
Olanipekun argued that the tribunal refused to take the submissions of their witnesses during the tribunal hearing, adding that the BVAS data were merely dumped before the tribunal without being considered as evidence.
In a notice on Wednesday, the appeal court stated that judgement will be delivered in Abuja on Thursday, November 23.
The court is currently in session while the protesters have occupied a major section of the road.
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