Justice Angela Otaluka delivered the judgement in Minna on Wednesday.
Sani-Bello, the immediate former governor of Niger, defeated his closest rival, Shehu Abdullahi, the senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Abdullahi, however, approached the tribunal challenging the declaration of Sani-Bello as the winner on the premise that the election was marred by irregularities, including multiple votes.
In his petition, Abdullahi prayed the court, through his counsel, Mr. Hussaini Garba, to nullify Sani-Bello’s election and declare him winner, having scored the highest number of valid votes.
She also said that the petition lacked merit and dismissed it in its entirety.
The tribunal upheld the election of Sani-Bello and directed the petitioner to give N250,000 as a cost to the respondent.
Similarly, the tribunal has upheld the election of Sen. Peter Ndalikali of the PDP, representing Niger South Senatorial District.
Sen. Mohammed Bima of the APC had filed a petition against Ndalikali’s election, claiming that he scored the highest number of valid votes during the Feb. 25 national assembly election.
Bima prayed to the tribunal to nullify the election of Ndalikali and declare him the rightful winner of the election.
Otaluka, while dismissing the petition, declared that the allegations raised by Bima were not substantiated and dismissed the petition for lack of merit.