Supreme Court affirms Makinde and El-Rufai elections as governors of Oyo and Kaduna

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the election of Governor Oluseyi Makinde as the duly elected Governor of Oyo State.

The Court also affirmed  Governor Nadir El-Rufai of Kaduna State as the winner of the March 9, 2019, governorship election.

Also upheld was the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State.

The seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili dismissed the appeal filed by David Ombugadu and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, to challenge Sule’s victory at the March 9, 2019 poll