{"id":93517,"date":"2023-08-03T16:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election"},"modified":"2023-08-03T19:55:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:55:49","slug":"kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna guber: Tribunal fixes date for Gov Sani to defend election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kaduna State Governorship Election Tribunal has fixed Saturday, Aug. 5, for Gov Uba Sani, INEC, and APC to open their defence in a petition filed against the governor\u2019s election, NAN reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate at the March 18 governorship election in the state, Mr Muhammad Isah-Ashiru, are challenging Sani\u2019s victory and demanding its nullification.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners closed their case on Thursday, after which the Justice Victor Oviawe-led tribunal ordered the defence to open its case on Saturday and close it within the 10 days stipulated by the law.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Isah-Ashiru\u2019s lead counsel, Mr Oluwole Iyamu, SAN, stood down his last witness, an INEC official.<\/p>\n<p>He told the tribunal that the witness lacked the competence to represent INEC in matters such as the petition before the court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kaduna State Governorship Election Tribunal has fixed Saturday, Aug. 5, for Gov Uba Sani, INEC, and APC to open their defence in a petition filed against the governor\u2019s election, NAN reports. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate at the March 18 governorship election in the state, Mr Muhammad Isah-Ashiru, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,11026,254,3627,680],"class_list":["post-93517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-kaduna-guber","tag-nigeria","tag-sani","tag-tribunal"],"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>Kaduna guber: Tribunal fixes date for Gov Sani to defend election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kaduna State Governorship Election Tribunal has fixed Saturday, Aug. 5, for Gov Uba Sani, INEC, and APC to open thei ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna guber: Tribunal fixes date for Gov Sani to defend election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kaduna State Governorship Election Tribunal has fixed Saturday, Aug. 5, for Gov Uba Sani, INEC, and APC to open thei ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-03T15:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-03T18:55:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1691072468.585539.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna guber: Tribunal fixes date for Gov Sani to defend election\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-03T15:46:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-03T18:55:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1691072468.585539.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Kaduna guber\",\"Nigeria\",\"sani\",\"tribunal\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-guber-tribunal-fixes-date-for-gov-sani-to-defend-election\",\"name\":\"Kaduna guber: Tribunal fixes date for Gov Sani to defend election - 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