Under 23 team stranded in USA

Youth and Sports Development Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung was reported to have visited the Atlanta,  USA camp of the U-23 Eagles preparing for the Rio Olympics and frowned at the coach, Samson Siasia’s resort to the media to complain about the difficulties the team were facing. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by former governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada challenging the decision of the state election tribunal which upheld Yahaya Bello’s victory in last year’s governorshipelection. In a split decision of four to one, the court held that Bello was validly substituted for the late Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, who died before the conclusion of the election.Dismissing Wada’s argument that Bello was

alified for the election because he did not participate in all stages of
the election, the court held that the governor participated in all the stages “by virtue of his party participation and
accrued interest.” Justice Mojeed Owoade, who read the lead judgment, said the Independent National Electoral Commissio
 (INEC) was right to have merged the votes scored by Audu (before he died) and that of Bello (in the supplementary
election) to return the APC’s candidate as winner.