The Sokoto State Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday reaffirmed the election of the state Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as duly elected in the governorship election held in the state.

In its judgment, the four-member appeal panel led by Justice Husseini Mukhtar said the appellate court upheld the judgement of the tribunal which had earlier dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in the polls, Hon. Ahmed Aliyu.

The court which also took time to resolve all issues brought before it in favour of the respondents noted that both appeal and cross-appeal were lacking in merit and thereby dismissed them at no cost.

Three other judges on the panel agreed with the lead verdict delivered by Justice Mukhtar.

Aliyu and the APC had on 16 October 16,2019, filed the appeal before the court, challenging the judgement of the tribunal which dismissed Aliyu’s petition.

The petition had challenged the declaration of Tambuwal who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party the winner of the general and supplementary polls conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 23 and April 9, 2019 respectively.