The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has declared Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state as validly elected.
the court affirmed the judgemwnt of the state tribunal that dismissed the Petition of Isa Ashiru against the election of Governor Uba .
The court held that the tribunal was right in dismissing the petition of the PDP and Isa Ashiru because the Petitioners have abandoned their petition for their failure to apply for issuance of pre-hearing information sheet after close of pleadings as required by paragraph 18(1) of the first scheduled to the electoral act 2022.
The court held that the tribunal acted in error when it depended on inadmissible evidence to order the conduct of supplementary polls in 22 polling units of four local government areas (LGAs) where the exercise was deemed inconclusive.
The court stated that a key witness called by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the tribunal hearing merely gave hearsay evidence as he was not present when the malpractices he alleged happened.
