The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly-elected senator for Kogi Central Senatorial District.
The three-man panel of Justices of the Appeal Court upheld the judgment, as they dismissed Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appeal for lacking in merit.
According to the court, the appellant failed to provide convincing evidence why the judgment of the tribunal should be set aside in his favour.
Justice Hamman Barkar held that Akpoti-Uduaghan of the PDP, having won the majority of lawful votes cast at the poll, is winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial District poll.
However, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has accepted the Appeal Court’s decision affirming the election of Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Bello, who voiced out his acceptance of the verdict to newsmen shortly after he emerged from a meeting of the Police Council held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, called on the people of the state, particularly in Kogi Central where he comes from, to accept the court’s decision and remain law-abiding.
