Kogi tribunal dismisses SDP petition challenging Gov Bello's election »

The Kogi State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed the petition of the Social Democratic Party governorship candidate, Natasha Akpoti in the November 16 2019 governorship election in the state.

The Social Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Natasha Akpoti, had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bello and the APC to the tribunal, challenging the outcome of the November 16 victory on the grounds of document falsification, violence, intimidation and over voting.

In it’s judgment, the tribunal held that the issue of falsifying has no correlation with the issues at the tribunal.

It also held that only one of the 13 witnesses called gave a statement without contradiction, noting that testimonies given by the petitioners witnesses amount to hearsay, doubtful, non logical and of no probative Value.

The sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira was awarded in favor of the respondents.