The
deputy governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 election in Kogi
State, James Faleke, has reacted to the judgement of the Supreme Court
upholding the election of Yahaya Bello as governor of the state.
Mr. Faleke said he had no regrets
challenging Mr. Bello’s election, saying he took the step in “good faith
to protect the interest of the over 240,000 electorates that voted for
the Audu/Faleke ticket”.
Mr. Faleke was the All Progressives
Congress, APC’s running mate in the November election before the ticket
holder, Abubakar Audu, died as he led in declared results.
Mr. Faleke challenged the APC’s decision
to nominate Mr. Bello as its new candidate for a supplementary election
that held in December 2015.
After a prolonged legal tussle at the high court and the appeal court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Mr. Bello’s election.
A seven-man panel headed by Justice
Sylvester Ngwata affirmed the election after listening to the closing
statements of all the counsel.
The court said it would provide reasons for its decision on September 30.
In his reaction, conveyed in a statement
by Duro Meseko, Mr. Faleke said it would have amounted to a “betrayal
of the sacred trust of the people who reposed implicit confidence in the
Audu/Faleke ticket not to have defended the sanctity of their vote up
till the Apex court level”.
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