Tribunal affirms Oyo south senator's election, awards him N500k damages

The national assembly election petition tribunal has dismissed the suit filed by Joseph Tegbe, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Sarafadeen Ali.

The national assembly election petition tribunal has struck out the suit filed by Joseph Tegbe, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , challenging the victory of Sharafadeen Alli.

However, Tegbe had alleged that the election was marred by over-voting, irregularities, election malpractices and non-compliance with the electoral act guidelines.Delivering its ruling on Wednesday, the tribunal upheld Ali’s victory. I.Okpe, a member of the three-man panel, who read the judgement, said the testimonies of the petitioners’ witnesses were centred on and limited to over-voting, contrary to other allegations they raised in the petition.He added that accreditation and voter register were key to proving over-voting, adding that none of the 32 witnesses called by the petitioners relied on or mentioned the voter register.

“Over-voting cannot be proven in isolation. Voter register constitutes an integral part of the proof of over-voting.

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