The Supreme Court has upheld the March 23rd 2019 election of
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State governorship. Tambuwal was the PDP
candidate in the election.
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji,
the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by APC governorship candidate in the
election, Aliyu Ahmed, on grounds that the he failed to prove his allegation of
non-compliance with the electoral act and issues of over-voting in favour of
Tambuwal during the election.
The court thereafter threw put his petition.
