APC loses in Enugu election petition tribunal
ss, APC, against the election of Hon. Toby Okechukwu representing Awgu/Oji-River/Aninri in the House of Representatives.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Okechukwu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the election, but unsatisfied, Mr. Vin Martins Ilo of the APC headed for the tribunal. However, the three Respondents denied that the election was marred by irregularities or non-compliance with requisite laws.
On the APC candidate’s claim that the card reader showed over-voting, the Tribunal held that “the use of both the card reader and the voters’ card is justified in law,” adding that none use of the card reader cannot help the petitioners to unseat the 1st respondent who won election in the instant case.
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