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Supreme Court upholds election of Dauda Lawal as Zamfara governor

The Supreme Court upheld the election of Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Zamfara governorship poll.

• January 12, 2024
Dauda Lawal-Dare
Governor Dauda Lawal-Dare [Photo Credit: Vanguard News]

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Governor Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Zamfara 2023 governorship poll.

In a judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the five-member panel of justices set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal that declared the election inconclusive.

Details later.

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