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The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the election of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko,  represeting Sokoto North Senatorial District.

The appellate court dismissed the appeal brought before it by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Maccido of the People’s Democratic Party  (PDP).

Maccido had filed an appeal before the court, challenging the judgement of the National and States Assemblies Elections Petitions Tribunal which sat in Sokoto, that dismissed his petition filed before it, for being Statute barred, as it was filed out of time.

Delivering judgment, Justice Hamman Akawu Barka, dismissed the appeal, saying: “We found out that, it is statute barred, …