The Governorship Election Tribunal in Kogi State, on Monday, dismissed two separate motions seeking to stop the inauguration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the governor of the state on January 27.
The motions were filed by Governor Idris Wada of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party.
In her ruling, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Halima Mohammed, dismissed the motions because the issues related to governorship election were already before the tribunal.
“Various petitions on the governorship election will have no effect if the tribunal decided to stop the inauguration.
“However, the tribunal in its wisdom will grant accelerated hearing to all the petitions before it for fair and timely justice,” Mohammed said.
Wada and the Labour Party had asked the tribunal to stop Bello’s inauguration because he did not have a valid running mate during the December 5 supplementary governorship election.
Credit: Tribune
