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The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya and his party, the All Progressives Congress, have been accused of owing their attorneys who represented the party in court at the governor’s behest for the pre-election cases filed against him and the party by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).    According to letters from Steel Attorneys obtained by SaharaReporters, the governor and the party have owed its lawyers N40 million for the election cases handled for him for over 15 months.  

In a lead judgment by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the apex court unanimously dismissed an appeal by Barde for want of merit.

The Supreme Court has upheld the judgments of the lower courts affirming the election of Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State.

The victory of Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya during the 2023 election was upheld on Friday by the Supreme Court in Abuja. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who read the lead judgment held that the appeal filed by Jibrin Barde, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked merit. Thus, he declared that Yahaya, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, was validly re-elected by the people of Gombe as governor. Yahaya was re-elected in March 2023 for his second term as the state governor.

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