Tribunal affirms senatorial victory of Oshiomhole’s ally
The Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Engr. Abubakar Momoh of the People’s Democratic Party who had alleged that Senator Alimikhena, an ally of All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, was not qualified to contest the election on the grounds that he did not possess prerequisite educational qualification in addition to brandishing a forged GCE O-level certificate.
But the tribunal in its judgment, held that the witnesses called to give evidence on the educational qualification only relied on paragraphs in the petition and did not render original results for the tribunal’s sighting, adding that there was no evidence to show Alimikhena impersonated and that the petitioner failed to prove non-qualification.
On the issue of not scoring the majority of lawful votes, the tribunal held that the 18 witnesses called by the petitioners did not provide evidence of cancelled results and over-voting. “The forensic expert called by the petitioners did not qualify as an expert. His evidence was mere arithmetic calculation and academic exercise. His value is worthless.
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