Kogi election: Appeal Court sets up election petitions tribunal
The Governorship and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal that will handle petitions from November 16, Kogi governorship poll has been constituted by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by secretary of the tribunal, Umar Abubakar.
According to Abubakar, the mandate of the tribunal is to hear and determine petitions that may arise from Kogi governorship election held on Saturday Nov. 16, 2019.
He said the tribunal will also handle petitions arising from the forthcoming supplementary and re-run election in Kogi West Senate seat and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30.
Abubakar added that the secretariat of the tribunal was located at FCT High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja and called on those wishing to file election petitions to approach the secretariat.
