Supreme court dismisses SDP’s appeal against PDP’s Fintiri
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party Umar Ardo, against the election of Ahmadu Fintiri of the People’s Democratic Party as Adamawa governor.
A five-member panel of the apex court led by John Okoro remarked that the appeal lacked merit and urged the appellants, through their lawyer, Sylvester Imanugbe, to withdraw the appeal.
Imanugbe then withdrew the appeal and it was accordingly dismissed.
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Ardo and the SDP had filed a petition at the state governorship election tribunal after Fintiri was declared winner of the poll in 2023.
The petitioner had sought the nullification of Fintiri’s election because there was substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act, corrupt practices, threats and violence during the voting exercise.
However, the tribunal led by Theodora Uloho, dismissed the petition for being incompetent and not properly filed.
Ardo had appealed the tribunal’s judgment.
In its judgment, the appeal court agreed with the conclusions of the tribunal.
The appellate court held that the appellants did not prove the allegations of corrupt practices and non-compliance with the Electoral Act, against INEC.
He said there was no basis to grant the appeal.
