The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the just concluded primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State.It could be recalled that Mr. Friday Iwok and 30 others had, in a suit with No. FHC/ABJ/CS/606/22, challenged the ward congress conducted in the state on April 30, 2022.They claimed that the court had ordered, amongst others, that it would be in the interest of justice for the parties to maintain the status quo antebellum pending th...

The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Sule, has been sacked by the state election petitions tribunal.The election petition tribunal sitting in Jos sacked the lawmaker, who was elected on the People's Democratic Party's (PDP’s platform in the last election.He was sacked alongside Danjuma Azi, a member representing Jos North West constituency in the assemblyThe tribunal declared the former majority leaders of the house, Hon. Naanlong Daniel and Hon...

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja affirmed Usman Ododo as the rightful winner of the November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election. The three-member panel, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, dismissed the petition filed by Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Murtala Ajaka.The tribunal ruled that Ajaka failed to substantiate his claims that Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, did not receive the highest number of valid vote...