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The Supreme Court will in the next few hours determine the fate of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
While there are five appeals against the Court of Appeal rulings, in summary, the Supreme Court will decide if Mr. Bello should continue as Kogi governor or vacate office.
During the hearing, Akin Olujinmi representing APC said Section 33 of the Electoral Act allows a party to substitute a dead candidate.
When asked by one of the judges to explain what he understands by a candidate, Mr. Olujinmi said: “My lord, candidate is a candidate” causing laughter in the court room
INEC Counsel, Alex Izinyon said the court should adopt his previous arguments asking for the sack of Yahaya Bello.
He argued that Section 141 of the Electoral Act should be tied to Section 138 of the same Act.
Mr. Izinyon said court records show that Mr. Faleke remained the deputy governorship candidate of the APC.
The party and the candidate are inseparable as far as both of them are alive, he said.
After the submissions of Mr. Izinyon, Joseph Daudu, counsel to Governor Bello said the application should be dismissed.
Culled from PremiumTimes' Live feed from the Court room
While there are five appeals against the Court of Appeal rulings, in summary, the Supreme Court will decide if Mr. Bello should continue as Kogi governor or vacate office.
During the hearing, Akin Olujinmi representing APC said Section 33 of the Electoral Act allows a party to substitute a dead candidate.
When asked by one of the judges to explain what he understands by a candidate, Mr. Olujinmi said: “My lord, candidate is a candidate” causing laughter in the court room
INEC Counsel, Alex Izinyon said the court should adopt his previous arguments asking for the sack of Yahaya Bello.
He argued that Section 141 of the Electoral Act should be tied to Section 138 of the same Act.
Mr. Izinyon said court records show that Mr. Faleke remained the deputy governorship candidate of the APC.
The party and the candidate are inseparable as far as both of them are alive, he said.
After the submissions of Mr. Izinyon, Joseph Daudu, counsel to Governor Bello said the application should be dismissed.
Culled from PremiumTimes' Live feed from the Court room