The supreme court has affirmed Usman Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi state.
In a judgment delivered on Friday, a five-member panel dismissed the appeal filed by Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Murtala Ajaka, its governorship candidate.
The panel held that the appeal marked SC/CV/654/2024 was void of merit.
Sadiq Umar, who authored and read the lead judgment resolved all the three issues brought for determination in the appeal against the appellants.
The supreme court also dismissed the the appeal by the Action Alliance (AA) and its candidate, Olayinka Baimoh, against Ododo’s victory.
The court held that the appeal marked SC/CV/653/2024 was incompetent having filed the notice outside the 14 days allowed by law.
The court proceeded to dismiss the appeal and awarded a cost of N5 million against the appellants and in favour of the respondents.
