Chairman of Delta Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Justice C.H Ahuchaogu, has dismissed the petition of Mr Ken Pela, governorship candidate of Labour Party, for abandoning his petition. Justice Ahuchaogu ruled the petition as incompetent and a flagrant violation of paragraph 18 subsection 1 of the 4th Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022. Pela, in petition EPT/DL/GOV/01/23, is challenging the outcome of the March 18, 2023 and seeking leave of the tribunal to upturn the declaration of Sheriff Oborevwori as Delta governor. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was joined in the petition as 1st respondent while Gov Sheriff Oborevwori and his Deputy Gov. Monday Onyeme are 2nd and 3rd respondents respectively with PDP 4th respondent. Lead Counsel to the 2nd and 3rd respondents, Damian Dodo ( SAN) had argued in an earlier application that Labour Party’s petition had been abandoned. He argued the petitioner failed to avail itself of the seven day window to…
Justice Ahuchaogu ruled the petition as incompetent and a flagrant violation of paragraph 18 subsection 1 of the 4th Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022.
The Independent National Electoral Commission was joined in the petition as 1st respondent while Gov Sheriff Oborevwori and his Deputy Gov. Monday Onyeme are 2nd and 3rd respondents respectively with PDP 4th respondent. He argued the petitioner failed to avail itself of the seven day window to apply for pre hearing notice.
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