Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- The Kano State governorship election petition tribunal has upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

Delivering the four-hour judgment on Wednesday, the chairman of the three-member panel, Halima Shamaki, announced the dismissal of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Abba Yusuf.

Mr Yusuf and the PDP had filed the petition against Mr Ganduje, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) challenging the governor's victory in the March 23 supplementary election.

Justice Shamaki said INEC was right both in declaring the March 9 election as inconclusive and in declaring Mr Ganduje the winner of the re-run election.

She said the pet...