{"id":99491,"date":"2023-11-02T11:09:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:28:53","slug":"tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal upholds Yayannan\u2019s election into Jigawa Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Jigawa State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Dutse, has dismissed the All Progressives Congress, APC, petition seeking to annul the victory of the member representing Birnin Kudu constituency, Muhammad Kabiru Yayannan, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The three-member panel on Monday, in a unanimous decision led by Justice Agada Okeke, dismissed the APC\u2019s petition filed by Surajo Muhammad Kantoga and affirmed the PDP candidate as the duly elected member representing the Birnin Kudu constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Kantoga had earlier asked the tribunal to withdraw Yayannan\u2019s Certificate of Return and declare him as the winner of the March 18 election.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners alleged that the PDP candidate was not qualified to contest the election and the election was not in compliance with the provision of the Electoral Act, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Agada said the petitioners failed to prove the case of irregularities alleged in the petition and therefore dismissed the petition for lack of merit.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to the defendant, Laminu Bala, expressed satisfaction over the tribunal judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to the petitioner, Abdurrahman Muktar, said they will look at the judgment and decide on the next line of action.<\/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 Jigawa State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Dutse, has dismissed the All Progressives Congress, APC, petition seeking to annul the victory of the member representing Birnin Kudu constituency, Muhammad Kabiru Yayannan, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The three-member panel on Monday, in a unanimous decision led by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":99490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,7046,254,11738],"class_list":["post-99491","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-jigawa-assembly","tag-nigeria","tag-yayannan"],"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>Tribunal upholds Yayannan\u2019s election into Jigawa Assembly - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Jigawa State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Dutse, has dismissed the All Progressives Congr ...\" \/>\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\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tribunal upholds Yayannan\u2019s election into Jigawa Assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Jigawa State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Dutse, has dismissed the All Progressives Congr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T10:09:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T12:28:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1698911705.783946.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1260\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"840\" \/>\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\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tribunal upholds Yayannan\u2019s election into Jigawa Assembly\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-02T10:09:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-02T12:28:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1698911705.783946.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Jigawa Assembly\",\"Nigeria\",\"Yayannan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-upholds-yayannans-election-into-jigawa-assembly\",\"name\":\"Tribunal upholds Yayannan\u2019s election into Jigawa Assembly - 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