The Supreme Court today fixed March 5 for judgement in the appeal brought by Mr. Dele Belgore, SAN, of the Action Congress of Nigeria, against the judgement of the Federal Court of Appeal in Ilorin, which affirmed the earlier judgement of the Kwara State Governorship Elections Petitions Tribunal, which dismissed Belgore's case against Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Describing certain parts of the Court of Appeal's judgement as perverse, Belgore asked the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the lower court and consequently, nullify the election of Ahmed and declare him the duly elected governor of Kwara State.

Alhaji Yusuf Alli, SAN, who led other eminent lawyers, including three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, argued that the appellants' appeal is against concurrent findings of two lower courts and that the appellants have been unable to show any justification to warrant interference with the concurrent findings of the two lower courts. Alli argued further that Belgore has failed to prove the myriad of criminal allegations and substantial non-compliance with the electoral acts as contained in the petition. He therefore urged the justices to affirm the judgements of the two lower courts