The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Saturday affirmed the election of former Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, as the true winner of the Nasarawa South Senatorial constituency in the last election.
The Appeal Court upheld the decision of the Senatorial Election Petition Tribunal, which earlier sat in Lafia, Nasarawa State, that Al-Makura of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored the lawful votes and was declared elected in the February 2019 senatorial election.
The court presided over by Justices Jummai Hannatu Sankey and Joseph Eyo Ekanem, dismissed the appeal brought before it by Senator Suleiman Asonya Adokwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the outcome of that election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Al-Makura winner of that election with 113,156 votes against 104,595 votes of his closest rival, Adokwe.
