{"id":112454,"date":"2019-11-19T19:52:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=112454"},"modified":"2019-11-19T19:52:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:52:51","slug":"aliyu-vs-tambuwal-appeal-court-reserves-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/aliyu-vs-tambuwal-appeal-court-reserves-judgement\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliyu VS Tambuwal: Appeal Court reserves judgement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto on Tuesday reserved judgement in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in the state Ahmad Aliyu.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu is challenging the Governorship Election Tribunal judgement that affirmed the election of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 9 governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The election was declared inconclusive following cancellation of 75, 403 votes which were higher than the 3, 413 votes margin between the leading candidates.<\/p>\n<p>A re-run was held on March 23, which led to the victory of Tambuwal who won with a slim margin of 342 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal on Oct. 2, in Abuja affirmed the election of Tambuwal.<\/p>\n<p>The three man tribunal led by Justice Abbas Bawale dismissed the petition of the APC and its governorship candidate, Aliyu, for lacking in merit.<\/p>\n<p>Unsatisfied with the judgement Aliyu, on Oct. 16, filed a notice of Appeal challenging the judgement of the lower court, seeking the court to set aside the tribunal judgement and declared him as the winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>The four man panel of Justice led by Justice Hussein Mukhtar, reserved judgement in the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Presiding Justice said that, the judgment will be ready in a short frame of time and the court will communicate when it is ready. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto on Tuesday reserved judgement in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in the state Ahmad Aliyu. 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