Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has praised Isah Ashiru, of the PDP who challenged his electoral victory up to the Supreme Court.

On Friday, a five-member panel of the court led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun finally laid Mr Ashiru's petition to rest when it held that it lacked merit.

In its judgement on the Kaduna State governorship tussle, the Supreme Court upheld Mr Sani's election as the governor of the state.

Speaking on Channels Television's programme, Politics Today, on Friday, Mr Sani applauded the action of his rival, saying what he did has deepened democracy and the rule of law.

"If you remember, he was at the tribunal. After the tribunal, he ran to the Court of Appeal, after the Court of Appeal now the ...