On Tuesday, the Supreme Court postponed making a decision on the Peoples Democratic Party’s appeal against the ruling of the appellate court that reinstated Abdullahi Sule as the governor of Nasarawa State.
The five-member panel, presided over by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, heard the arguments made by the attorneys on the appeal and postponed the matter for a decision.
Parties would be informed when the verdict is ready, according to Kekere-Ekun.
The governor was removed from office by the state election petition tribunal, which also proclaimed PDP candidate David Ombugadu the victor of the March 18, 2023 election.
By a divided vote of two to one, the tribunal presided over by Ezekiel Ajayi determined that the PDP candidate had provided evidence to support his allegation that Sule had benefited from manipulation of the poll results.
But the appeal court reinstated Sule and held that the tribunal wrongly relied on the evidence of eight of the PDP witnesses, whose statements on oath were not front-loaded alongside the petition.
Ombugadu, however, appealed the judgment at the apex court.
