Election Tribunal: Senator Mohammed Hassan loses in court
Senator Mohammed Hassan had challenged the victory of Bomoi and the APC in the 2019 election.
A three-man panel of the tribunal sitting in Abuja held that the petitioners and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party failed to prove their claims that Bomoi did not win with a majority of lawful votes. They also, according to the panel, failed to prove that the election was held without substantial compliance with the Electoral Act.
Justice Susan Oji, who headed the Tribunal agreed with Bomoi’s lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde that the preponderance of testimony by the petitioners’ witnesses are laced with hearsay evidence, to which the tribunal could not attach any probative value. Justice Orji said, “In the final analysis, I hold that the petitioners failed to prove their case. The petition is hereby dismissed.”
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