Candidate faints as election tribunal gives verdict in Kaduna

Abba Umar could not handle the shock of seeing his case dismissed
Abba Umar, who lost his bid to be elected into the Kaduna State House of Assembly, has been hospitalised after he fainted at the venue of the Kaduna State Election Petitions Tribunal.
Umar slumped to the floor from his seat in the court room immediately the tribunal dismissed the case he filed against the election of Esther Dyaji Habu for Sanga Constituency.
Friends said Umar had been “very confident” that the tribunal would rule in his favour and so could not handle the shock of the dismissal.
In a ruling read by Justice Umar Abubakar, the tribunal dismissed the petition and affirmed Habu as duly elected.
Umar had presented 14 witnesses and 35 exhibits before the tribunal in an effort to prove his case, but the tribunal was not convinced and dismissed the petition for lack of merit.