The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia has nullified the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule and declared PDP’s David Ombugadu as the winner of the March 18 governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Sule of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the governorship election in the state for scoring the highest votes during the polls.
He was re-elected for a second term in office after securing 347,209 votes to beat his closest contender, David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who got 283,016 votes while Abdullahi Maidoya of the NNPP had 11,726 votes.
Not satisfied with the outcome of the exercise, both the PDP and the NNPP as well as their respective governorship candidates approached the tribunal to nullify Sule’s victory.
However, rulling on the PDP’s petition on Monday, the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi declared Ombugadu as the lawfully elected Governor of the State.
The tribunal had earlier dismissed the petition filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, and its candidate Abdullahi Maidoya challenging the declaration of Governor Sule as the elected Governor of Nasarawa state for lacking in merit with no cost awarded.
