{"id":19027,"date":"2019-12-18T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19027"},"modified":"2019-12-18T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:02:13","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as Governor of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State had in November dismissed an appeal by Isah Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which affirmed El-Rufai\u2019s victory at the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The court had ruled that El-Rufai was duly re-elected as Governor of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the gubernatorial candidate of the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, lost at the tribunal and headed to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as Governor of Kaduna State. Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State had in November dismissed an appeal by Isah Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which affirmed El-Rufai\u2019s victory at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[326,96,65],"class_list":["post-19027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-el-rufai","tag-kaduna","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as Governor of Kaduna State. Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State had in November dismissed an appeal by Isah Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which affirmed El-Rufai\u2019s victory at [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-18T19:02:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-18T19:02:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\"},\"wordCount\":107,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"El-Rufai\",\"Kaduna\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\",\"name\":\"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-18T19:02:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor","og_description":"The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as Governor of Kaduna State. Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State had in November dismissed an appeal by Isah Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which affirmed El-Rufai\u2019s victory at [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2019-12-18T19:02:13+00:00","author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor","datePublished":"2019-12-18T19:02:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor"},"wordCount":107,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["El-Rufai","Kaduna","PDP"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor","name":"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-12-18T19:02:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/supreme-court-upholds-el-rufais-election-as-kaduna-governor#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Supreme Court upholds El-Rufai\u2019s election as Kaduna Governor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}