Following the continuation of the trail at the apex court, the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Jeremiah Useni, challenging the election of Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state in the March 9th, 2019 governorship election.
In the lead judgment by Justice Adamu Galinje, the apex court held that the appellant failed to establish allegations against Governor Lalong and APC.
The panel unanimously ruled that the allegation of substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act and INEC Guidelines in the election, non-qualification and false information was not proved.
The panel said the claim that Governor Lalong did not disclose his former name, which was Simon Sule Lalong, which was later changed to Simon Bako Lalong in a publicized ‘change of name’ publication is not of a substantial nature to have his status.
In a similar development, the Supreme Court affirmed Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), as the duly elected governor of Bauchi state.
It dismissed an appeal marked SC/1502, which the immediate past governor of the state and candidate of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), Mohammed Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the governorship election.
Justice Mohammed Dattijo who delivered the lead judgment held that the appellant failed to demonstrate the perversity in the concurrent findings of the Bauchi state Governorship Election Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in Jos.
Other members of the seven-man panel of justices concurred with the lead judgment.
