The Supreme Court has affirmed the re-election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state after the appeal filed by Umar Ardo, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the March 18 governorship election, over lack of merit.
Fintiri, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, had his re-election upheld after Justice John Okoro dismissed the SDP’s appeal following their withdrawal of the suit by their counsel, Sylvester Ihanobe, The Sun reported.
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On Wednesday, January 10, Ihanobe asked the court to withdraw the appeal after holding that it was not based on merit. After the withdrawal by Ihanobe without objection from the counsel to Governor Fintiri, Mahmoud Mogaji (SAN), and other respondents in the suit, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal and upheld the victory of Governor Fintiri in the last election.
The Sun
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