The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the duly elected governor of Sokoto State.

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Ahmed Sokoto, had filed appeal challenge Tambuwal’s re-election.

But a seven-man panel led by Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad,dismissed the appeal while stating that the Appellant Failed to adduce any credible evidence to prove his petition.

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Justice Musa Abba-Ajji who delivered the lead judgement, noted that whereas the Appellant produced 12 witnesses before the tribunal, 11 of them made their statements in Hausa language while the English version was tendered in evidence.

It held that the appellant failed to tender the original version of the statements he tendered in evidence and also failed to produce the translator to confirm the authenticity or otherwise of the 11 statements. Besides, the apex court held that the appellant was unable to prove that the election was invalid by virtue of non compliance with the Electoral Act. -NAN