The Appeal Court in Abuja on Friday, affirmed the election of the governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris.
The three-man panel of the Tribunal led by Justice Ofem Ofem dismissed the petition by Maj. Gen. Aminu Bande (retd) of the PDP for lacking in merit.
The tribunal threw out the petition filed by PDP and its governorship candidate retired, Maj.-Gen. Aminu Bande, and declared Dr Nasir Idris of All Progressives Congress as the duly elected governor of Kebbi.
The tribunal held that the petitioner could not substantiate their allegations of forgery and non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.