Supreme Court upholds election of Dauda Lawal as Zamfara governor
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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