In a judgement decided by three-man panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, while delivering the judgment via zoom, declared Emmanuel Ombudagu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is the winner.

Justice Ezekiel maintained that the petitioner was able to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt for alleged over voting, disruption of votes, among other irregularities.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lafia, declared Abdullahi Sule the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa State in March.

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According to the judgement that was delivered on Thursday, a three-member panel headed by Justice Victor Oviawie dismissed the petition on the ground that the pre-hearing notice was filed out of time and therefore deemed to be abandoned.

The tribunal noted that if the petition had not been dismissed for lack of merit, it would have ordered a supplementary election in 22 polling units within 90 days in the substantive judgement.

PDP and Ashiru alleged that there were massive irregularities and manipulation of results in favour of Governor Ubah in some local governments by INEC.

Meanwhile, Kaduna State Governor has called on Hon. Isah Ashiru and members of the opposition parties in Kaduna State to join hands with us as we strive to move our dear state to a higher level. We are all stakeholders in PROJECT KADUNA.

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Justice Ugo is a member of the presidential election petition court.

Director of Information, NJC, Soji Oye debunked the story on Thursday.

A Twitter user, Umar Sani had claimed that Ugo tendered his resignation after citing “demands to knee-cap democracy”.

Sani alleged that the judge, in his letter, stated that he was asked to “cripple the independence of the judiciary” by ruling in favour of a certain political candidate believed to be President Bola Tinubu.

The Tweep said, “Justice Ugo’s resignation has caused a serious uproar and a setback to the activities of the presidential election petition court.”

However, speaking with TheCable on Thursday, Oye described the claims as “falsehood from the pit of hell”.

The NJC spokesman said the allegations should be disregarded, adding that the aim is to distract Nigerians and set the tone for a narrative, in the event that the court’s judgement doesn’t favour the rumour peddlers.

He noted that the presidential election petition court will issue a formal statement to address the issues.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Presidential Tribunal, Josephine Ekperobe, said the story is “fake”.

Ekperobe said she spent time with the judge yesterday and that as of Thursday, she is yet to be informed of the judge’s purported resignation.

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