The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as the duly elected governor of Kogi State. Mr. Bello prevailed in the appeal brought against him by James Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives. 

Following Thursday’s ruling of the appellate court which upheld the ruling of the lower tribunal that declared Governor Yahaya Bello as the governor of Kogi state, James Abiodun Faleke, the All Progressives Congress, APC, deputy governorship candidate  in the November 21, 2015 governorship election has instructed his lawyers to proceed to the Supreme Court.