Supreme Court Upholds Bello’s Election As Kogi Governor

Yahaya-Bello

Nigeria's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected four appeals against the election of Mr. Yahaya Bello as governor of Kogi.

Mr. James Faleke has made a call, recent running mate afternoon Abubakar Audu who was the candidate for governor of all Progressive Congress (APC) until his death.

Audi's death led to confusion and controversy about his replacement because of a loophole in the electoral law of the Constitution, which did not include a situation where a governor candidate dies before the end of the election.

Faleke argued that it was the legitimate replacement and the votes cast for the APC belonged to him and Audu. The CPA, however, named Bello who was second behind his primary government as a replacement for Audu.

Yahaya Bello as a candidate in elections APC defeated then-Governor of Kogi, Mr. Idris Wada, and was subsequently sworn in as governor.

Other appeals rejected by Tuesday Supreme Court to uphold the choice of Bello as governor of Kogi were presented by former Governor Wada People's Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party and the Congress of African Democratic (ADC).