The National/State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Umar is the son of the APC national chairman and former governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Gadnuje.
He is challenging the victory of Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Rimin Gado/Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/ Federal House of Representatives Election held in March. 25, 2023.
Counsel to the Petitioner, Mr Abdulgafar Murtala, urged the court to declare Umar as the winner and set aside the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission that earlier announced Jobe as the winner.
He alleged that the Rimin Gado, Dawakin Tofa, and Tofa Constituency election was marred with irregularities, over-voting, and non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
The Tribunal, however, dismissed Abba’s petition due to a lack of sufficient evidence to support the allegation during the conduct of the election.
Delivering the judgement, the three-person panel led by Justice I.P Chima dismissed the petition for lacking merit.
“The petitioner failed to present sufficient evidence to support the petition, and the election of Jobe is hereby affirmed,” Chima said.
The Tribunal ordered Abba to pay Jobe and other respondents N200,000 each as costs.
