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Certificate forgery: Tribunal dismisses petition against Kaduna APC lawmaker

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National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Kaduna, on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed against the election of Bala Salisu-Dandada.

Salisu-Dandada of the All Progressives Congress( APC) won the March 9 election to represent Igabi East constituency in the state House of Assembly.

He was however dragged before the Tribunal by Alhaji Bashir Idris Aliyu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over alleged certificate forgery.

The petitioner averred that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 1st respondent in the petition erred in declaring the 2nd respondent as winner of the poll.

Aliyu had prayed the Tribunal to declare him winner with highest valid votes.

However, Chairman of Tribunal, Justice Adamu Suleiman said there was no substantial evidence provided by the petitioner to support the allegations.

Suleiman said the evidence before the Tribunal as provided by witnesses, only showed that, the 2nd respondent had attended and obtained both the primary and secondary schools certificates with his names boldly written on them.

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