A mild drama played out at the Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday when a witness of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, contradicted the documents submitted against the election of governor Usman Ododo. The petitioners, Muritala Ajaka and SDP, had delved away from BVAS after their star witness claimed he was not in […]
BREAKING: Kogi Guber: Supreme Court dismisses order barring SDP’s Ajaka from inspecting election materials
The Supreme Court has upheld the order of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja which granted the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the November 2023 election in Kogi permission to inspect election materials. Recall that the apex court had stayed the execution of the orders of the Court of Appeal […]
Kogi Guber: Court of Appeal usurping powers of tribunal, group alleges
A civil society organization, the Northern Initiative for the Defence of Democracy and Justice, has accused the Court of Appeal of usurping the powers of the Kogi State Governorship Petition Tribunal. The Co-ordinator of the group, Nureeddeen Sadiq, while addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja, said if such unhindered interruption was allowed, the […]
Kogi Guber: Tribunal adjourns to March 14 as Court of Appeal sets aside inspection order
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the hearing in the petition filed by Social Democratic Party, SDP and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, until March 14. The petitioners are challenging the election of Governor Ahmed Ododo of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The development followed the Court of Appeal […]