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<p>The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the Governor of Kogi State.</p><div class="YqTqFXa2" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>In its Judgement delivered on Monday, the Apex Court disagreed with the<a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/appeal"> appeal</a> filed on five grounds by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi Governorship Election, Musa Wada.</p>
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<p>Mr. Wada claimed that the election held on November 16, 2019, was riddled with serious electoral infractions; rigging and over-voting, and that Governor Bello didn’t secure the highest vote.</p><div class="d9ZwEQpP" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Aside from the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, other members of the panel include Justices Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, Sylvester Ngwuta, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Inyang Okoro, Amina Augie, Uwani Abba-Aji.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">According to Wikipedia Yahaya </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;">Bello was born June 18, 1975, in Okene, <a title="Kogi State" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogi_State"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">Kogi State</span></a>, the youngest of six children.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;"> He attended high school at Agassa Community Secondary School, Anyava, Agassa-Okene and obtained his Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE) and Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificates from Government Secondary School, Suleja-<a title="Niger State" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_State"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">Niger State</span></a> in 1994.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;">Bello studied at Kaduna State Polytechnic Zaria in 1995 and obtained an accounting degree from <a title="Ahmadu Bello University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadu_Bello_University"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">Ahmadu Bello University</span></a> ABU Zaria in 1999. Yahaya Bello further enrolled for a Masters&#8217;s program at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria where he obtained a Masters in Business Administration (<a title="MBA" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBA"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">MBA</span></a>) in 2002. Bello became a chartered fellow of the <a title="Association of National Accountants of Nigeria" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_National_Accountants_of_Nigeria"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">Association of National Accountants of Nigeria</span></a> in 2004.</span><sup><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahaya_Bello#cite_note-auto-4"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">[4]</span></a></span></sup></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;">Bello was declared the winner of the <a title="2015 Kogi gubernatorial election" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Kogi_gubernatorial_election"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">2015 Kogi gubernatorial election</span></a> after he was chosen on the platform of the <a title="All Progressives Congress" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">All Progressives Congress</span></a> as the replacement for the late <a title="Abubakar Audu" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abubakar_Audu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">Abubakar Audu</span></a> who originally won the election but died before the result was declared.</span><sup><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahaya_Bello#cite_note-5"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">[5]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahaya_Bello#cite_note-6"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">[6]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahaya_Bello#cite_note-7"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0b0080;">[7]</span></a></span></sup><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202122;"> On the 16 November 2019, Bello was re-elected after he defeated the PDP opposition by over 200,000 votes. </span></p>
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