JUST IN: Supreme Court To Deliver Judgments In Five States’ Guber Disputes

• All the governors, except Sule of Nasarawa, have secured victory at the Court of Appeal and their state governorship election tribunals.
• The roads leading to the apex court have been cordoned off from the Head of Civil Service office.
• Security operatives are having a hectic time controlling the crowd who have come to observe proceedings.

In appeals contesting the results of elections in the states of Gombe, Kebbi, Ogun, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Delta, the Supreme Court will rule on issues this Friday.

Ten state governors had already had their fates decided by the supreme court last week.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, Alex Otti of Abia, and Hyacinth Alia of Benue are the governors.

Additional governors include Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, Abba Yusuff of Kano State, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, Bassey Otu of Cross River, and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom.

In all the decided cases so far, no governor has been sacked from office.

Among matters slated for judgments today, Nasarawa State stands out.

Amid concerns of likely violence after the judgment both the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party entered into a peace agreement.

The tribunal had sacked the governor, Abdullahi Sule, and declared David Ombugadu, candidate of the PDP as the winner of the March 18, 2023 election.

But the appeal court reinstated Sule and held that the tribunal wrongly relied on the evidence of eight of the PDP witnesses, whose statements on oath were not front-loaded alongside the petition.

Also of interest is the Delta State governorship appeal.

Ken Pella of the Labour Party and Ovie Omo-Agege of the APC challenged the victory of Sheriff Oborevwori as the governor of Delta State.

In Ogun, Ladi Adebutu of the PDP is challenging the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun.

Meanwhile, the roads leading to the apex court have been cordoned off from the Head of Civil Service office.

Also, accredited litigants, journalists, and party faithful were subjected to thorough checks before being allowed to the court premises.

As of the time of filing this report, security operatives are having a hectic time controlling the crowd who have come to observe proceedings.