Court to deliver judgment in suit against Yahaya Bello’s senatorial candidacy Nov 19

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has fixed November 19 for judgement successful a suit challenging the emergence of erstwhile Governor Yahaya Bello arsenic the senatorial campaigner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Kogi Central.

The justice fixed the day connected Monday aft lawyers successful the suit adopted their last little of arguments.

A senatorial aspirant of the APC successful Kogi Central, Momoh Yusuf Obaro, had dragged the APC, Yahaya Bello and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, earlier the tribunal claiming to beryllium lawful victor of the May 18 superior predetermination conducted by the party.

He prayed the tribunal to state him the campaigner of the APC and that his sanction beryllium forwarded to the electoral assemblage arsenic such.

The aspirant besides requested the tribunal to compel INEC to judge him arsenic the Kogi Central campaigner of the APC and people aforesaid arsenic required by law.

However, Yahaya Bello successful effect urged the tribunal to disregard the suit connected respective grounds.

Among others, the erstwhile politician claimed to person polled 72,399 votes astatine the superior predetermination to look victorious portion different contestant, Ibrahim Yakubu Adoke,...