Tribunal Did Not Declare Kaduna Guber Election Inconclusive, It’s Fake News –APC Chieftain

By Daniel Dafe

Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bayo Onanuga, has said that the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna did not declare the Kaduna governorship election inconclusive.

Online reports on Friday said the tribunal ruled in favour of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Isah Mohammed Ashiru against Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 governorship election held in the state on March 18, 2023.

“In a split decision of a ratio of 2:1, the three-man tribunal panel led by Justice Victor Oviawe declared that the election was inconclusive and thus directed that a supplementary election should be held by the Independent National Electoral Commission within 90 days,” the reports said.

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Reacting, Onanuga, added: “Social media needs to be regulated urgently.”

According to him, there were “so many spurious reports today about the Kaduna governorship verdict by the Election Tribunal.”

In his words, “the most notoriously shared headline: “Kaduna governorship election declared inconclusive” went viral, saying that “this was circulating while the tribunal was still reading its judgment.”

He opined: “There should be some control in the social media space, otherwise the misinformation and disinformation being disseminated will one day trigger a civil war in our country.”