Breaking: Tribunal Sacks Uba Sani As Governor, Declares Election Inconclusive In 4 LGAs

The Election Petition Tribunal in Kaduna has sacked Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress as Governor and declared the March 11, 2023 election inconclusive, ordered the Independent National Electrical Commission, INEC to conduct another poll within 90 days in four Local Government Areas.

Earlier, the Tribunal had dismissed preliminary objection filed by Uba Sani on the timeliness of the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Isah Mohammed Ashiru.

Sani had, through his legal team, argued that the petition of the petitioners was filed outside the 21 days allowed by the law.

The court affirmed that the petition was filed on 10th April 2023.

The three-man panel led by Justice Victor Oviawe, therefore dismissed the petition of Sani who is the second respondent in the case.

It also dismissed another preliminary objection filed by Sani and APC to seek the dismissal of the petition filed by the PDP and its Candidate.

Sani and the APC, who are the 2nd and 3rd respondents in the case had through their legal team argued that the petitioners had abandoned their petition.