Supreme Court Reserves Nasarawa Governorship Appeal Judgement

Rabiu Omaku

The five-man panel of the apex court Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 2023 Gubernatorial election.

PDP candidate, David Emmanuel  Ombugadu approached the apex court challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal that reinstated Governor Abdullahi Sule.

At the hearing of the substantive appeal on Tuesday at the Supreme Court sitting in the nation’s capital, Abuja, the panel headed by Justice Kudirat M. O Kekere, adjourned the suit for judgment after taking arguments from lawyers to the parties on the appeal.

The panel declared that a date for the judgment is to be communicated to the lawyers to the parties.

The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had nullified the March 18th Gubernatorial election which produced Governor Sule, following which the Governor headed to the Court of Appeal to challenge the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal which passed judgment in favor of the PDP, David Ombugadu.

On November 15th, 2023, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja vacated the judgment of the lower court and declared Governor Sule as duly elected Governor of Nasarawa State.

Dissatisfied with the pronouncement of the Court of Appeal, Ombugadu of PDP headed for the apex Court to challenge the ruling of the lower court.