S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).

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 Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...
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CONTROVERSY OVER TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENT IN KADUNA GOV TUSSLE. (PHOTO).

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Controversy over tribunal judgment in Kaduna Gov tussle

....Governor: my election upheld as petition was dismissed

.....PDP candidate: tribunal declared election inconclusive

There was controversy on Thursday over the judgement of the Kaduna State Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal.
While Governor Sani Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said his election was upheld, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Hon. Isah Mohammed Ashiru said the election was declared inconclusive.
The judgment, which took five and half hours, saw the three-man panel of judges led by Justice Victor Oviawie, Justice K. Damlat and Justice N. Nonye, struck out the petition because the preliminary notice was filed out of time after the seven days prescribed by the constitution and was deemed to have been abandoned.
Giving a split judgment, Justice Victor Oviawie said the preliminary notice was filed outside the seven-day prescribed by the Constitution from the day when the main case was filed, adding that the petition was deemed to be abandoned.
This judgment was also backed by Justice N. Nonye while Justice K. Damlat differed, who argued that the preliminary notice was properly filed and not abandoned.
However, in compliance with the Supreme Court standing order, the Tribunal went ahead to look at the merit of the petition while it has been discussed.
The Tribunal, in a majority judgement supported by Justices K. Damlat and N. Nonye, said the petitioner was able to prove beyond doubt that the election was invalid in 22 polling units across four local government areas, adding that the number of registered voters who have collected their PVCs in the four local governments are more than the 10,806 votes margin with which Uba Sani defeated Isah Ashiru, thus the election was inconclusive.
The Lead Judge, Justice Victor Oviawie differed, as he believed that the allegations that the elections were invalid in those 22 polling units within four local governments were not proved beyond doubt.
Reacting, Counsel to the APC, Sanusi Musa SAN, said they were happy with the judgment adding that they have no course to file any appeal as the judgment was in their favour.
According to him: “The tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by PDP and its candidate in the lead judgment. The tribunal ruled that the petition has been abandoned and it was dismissed. We are happy with the judgment because it affirmed the election of Governor Uba Sani.”
Speaking on the other judgment by the tribunal which looked at the merit of the case, Barr. Musa said: “When the tribunal looked at the merit of the petition, two of the judges said election in 22 polling units is inconclusive because the number of registered voters in the is more than the margin between the winner and the first runners up”.
Counsel to the PDP, Barr. Baba Aliyu said they are not fully satisfied with the judgment adding that they wanted their client, Hon. Isah Ashiru Kudan to be declared winner of the election based on their arguments and facts they laid before the tribunal.
He however stated that they would probably appeal the judgment because they believed that with the evidence before the tribunal the election should have been upturned.

 

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