The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Yobe state on Wednesday, October 21, upheld the election of Governor Ibrahim Geidam, Daily Trust reports.
Geidam who contested a re-election as governor of the state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner after supposedly polling more votes to defeat Adamu Maina Waziri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The PDP candidate however, challenged the election of Governor Geidam at the election tribunal on the grounds that it was marred by violence and irregularities.
Waziri, who is former Minister of Police Affairs, also insisted that Geidam, who contested and won re-election would be sworn-in as the Governor of Yobe state for a third time on May 29.
Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe state
But in a ruling delivered today in Abuja, the court dismissed the petition.
Delivering judgement after reviewing evidence, the tribunal chairman Justice Mojisola Dada dismissed the petition for lack of merit.
According to Dada, the petitioners had not mustered enough evidence to prove their allegations of electoral malpractice and irregularity.
She held that in spite of insurgency of Boko Haram in the state, elections still held.
Governor Geidam was first sworn-in as the state governor on January 27, 2009 following the death of the then governor, Senator Mamman Ali.
After completing late Ali’s tenure, he contested and won election on April 26, 2011 on the platform of now defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and was sworn-in a second time on May 29, 2011.
But Alhaji Waziri, believes that it is unconstitutional for Governor Gaidam to be sworn-in a third time.
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