Kotun sauraren kararrakin zaben gwamnan jihar Kogi da ke zamanta a Abuja, a ranar Litinin, ta tabbatar da zaben gwamna Usman Ododo na jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress, APC, a zaben gwamna da ak yi ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 2023.
Alkalan mai mutane uku, karkashin jagorancin Mai shari’a Ado Birnin-Kudu, sun bayyana cewa karar da aka shigar kan zaben Ododo ba ta da tushe balle makama, don haka aka yi watsi da karar.
Kotun ta ce wadanda suka shigar da kara – jam’iyyar Social Democratic Party, SDP, da dan takararta, Murtala Ajaka – sun kasa tabbatar da zarge-zargen da ake yi na yin zabe da kuma rashin bin dokar zabe, 2022, a cikin karar.
Kwamitin, a cikin hukuncin da aka yanke, ya ce duk shaidun da aka gabatar a gabansu ba su da kwarewa kuma cike da sabani.
Har ila yau, ya amince da bayanan da wadanda ake kara suka gabatar cewa, zargin da ake yi na jabun da aka gabatar a cikin takardar, lamari ne da ya kamata a ce an gabatar da shi ne kwanaki 14 bayan an mika takardun ga hukumar zabe mai zaman kanta ta kasa, INEC.
Kamfanin dillancin labarai na Najeriya (NAN) ya ruwaito cewa, a ranar 11 ga watan Nuwamba, 2023, jihar Kogi ta gudanar da zaben fidda gwani na jam’iyyar APC inda Ododo na jam’iyyar APC ya yi nasara inda ya doke abokin hamayyarsa Ajaka na jam’iyyar SDP da tazara mai yawa.
Ajaka, bai gamsu da sakamakon zaben ba, ya shigar da kara a gaban kotun, yana kalubalantar nasarar Ododo.
Shari’ar wadda ta faro tun a watan Disambar 2023, ta kai matsayin mafi girma a ranar 13 ga watan Mayu, lokacin da SDP, Ajaka, APC, Ododo da INEC suka amince da rubutaccen adireshinsu na karshe, inda kotun ta yanke hukunci a cikin karar.
Idan dai ba a manta ba INEC, Ododo da jam’iyyarsa ta APC, sun roki kotun da ta yi watsi da karar Ajaka da SDP gaba daya saboda rashin cancanta da kuma rashin cancanta.
Mutanen uku, ta hannun lauyoyinsu, Cif Kanu Agabi, SAN, Joseph Daudu, SAN da Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, bi da bi, sun dage kan watsi da karar yayin da suka amince da rubutaccen adireshinsu na karshe.
Sai dai lauyan Ajaka, Pius Akubo, SAN, ya bukaci kotun da ta yi rangwame ga abin da wadanda ake kara suka gabatar tare da tabbatar da karar.


