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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Sokoto, has on Monday, August 21, 2023, reserved judgement on the petition seeking to nullify the election of Dauda Lawal as Zamfara State governor in the 2023 general election.<\/p>\n

Dauda Lawal, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the governor of Zamfara State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

In its petition, the All Progressives Congress (APC) asked the tribunal\u2019s three-member panel, headed by Justice Cordelia Ogadi, to nullify Dauda\u2019s election and declare former Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle the winner, having scored the highest number of valid votes in the state.<\/p>\n

In closing arguments on Monday during the adoption of the final written address, Mr Daniel Dodo, SAN, lead counsel to Governor Dauda Lawal, and lawyers to PDP and INEC, second and third respondents, respectively, urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by APC, at no cost, for lack of merit and failure to prove the case.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Sokoto, has on Monday, August 21, 2023, reserved judgement on the petition seeking to nullify the election of Dauda Lawal as Zamfara State governor in the 2023 general election. Dauda Lawal, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the governor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1358,254,150],"class_list":["post-94656","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-lawal","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"\nZamfara guber election: Tribunal reserves judgement on petition to nullify Gov Lawal\u2019s victory - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Sokoto, has on Monday, August 21, 2023, reserved j ...\" \/>\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\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara guber election: Tribunal reserves judgement on petition to nullify Gov Lawal\u2019s victory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Sokoto, has on Monday, August 21, 2023, reserved j ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-21T18:40:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-21T21:38:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1692637539.893291.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"799\" \/>\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\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara guber election: Tribunal reserves judgement on petition to nullify Gov Lawal\u2019s victory\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-21T18:40:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-21T21:38:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1692637539.893291.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"lawal\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-guber-election-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-petition-to-nullify-gov-lawals-victory\",\"name\":\"Zamfara guber election: Tribunal reserves judgement on petition to nullify Gov Lawal\u2019s victory - 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