The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Monday sacked Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress, and declared the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, David Ombugadu, as the winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state.
Ombugadu had dragged Sule to court challenging his declaration as the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Delivering the judgment virtually on Monday, the chairman of the three-member tribunal, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, nullified the election of the incumbent governor and declared Ombugadu of the PDP as the duly elected governor of the state.
In a judgment that lasted about two hours, and 53 minutes, the judge ordered the withdrawal of the Certificate of Return from Sule, while the same should be issued to Ombugadu as the validly elected Governor of Nasarawa State.
The PDP Chairman Nasarawa State, Francis Orogu, said the judgment reflected the will of the people of state.
“We (PDP) want to thank the judges for doing the right thing. Today, we have been vindicated and whatever we have said from the beginning has come to pass. The truth is constant, it is only lies that can change,” Orogu said.
The PDP Chairman Nasarawa State, Francis Orogu, said the judgment reflected the will of the people of state.
“We (PDP) want to thank the judges for doing the right thing. Today, we have been vindicated and whatever we have said from the beginning has come to pass. The truth is constant, it is only lies that can change,” Orogu said.
