Rivers Guber: Again, Gov. Wike wins in court
The tribunal described the petition as an adventure to discover the non-existent. It declared that in the end, nothing was discovered by the petitioner.
According to the Tribunal, the petitioner in his own petition, wrote that he was challenging the election of the first petitioner. The court noted that the Court of Appeal affirmed that the petitioner lacks locus standi in view of the paragraphs of his own petition. The Tribunal declared an allegation that the winner did not score the highest number of votes is an invitation to compare figures. The Tribunal held that the petitioner ought to plead his own results and that of the winner for the court to cross check.
The Tribunal agreed with INEC that election was conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act.
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