They allege there are many loose ends not properly addressed by the tribunals and contradictions in their judgment that also sacked the only elected APC House of Representatives member, Dr. Alex Egbonna. Nigeria Politics APC
Former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba , All Progressives Congress and their 22 candidates that lost at the Cross River State Election Petition Tribunals in Calabar are heading to the Appeal Court.
Ndoma-Egba had petitioned the election of Senator Sandy Onor of Peoples Democratic Party for Central Senatorial; Chief Wabilly Nyiam of APC against Senator Rose Oko of PDP for North Senatorial; Dominic Aqua Edem of APC against Pastor Essien Ayi of PDP for Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar Agbata had ruled that “the said National Assembly election conducted on February 23, without the first petitioner’s name was in order and it falls within the realm of pre-election matter. This tribunal lacks jurisdiction to entertain this matter because it is a pre-election matter…the petition is, hereby, struck out the said offending removal by INEC was lawfully taken.”
Ndoma-Egba, in an interview The Guardian said: “The tribunal has made its pronouncements. We believe that there are very many loose ends that were not addressed. They hinged their judgment on the fact that there was a court order. That issue was extensively addressed during the trial. INEC was not a party to that court order. I was not a party to the court order.
However, the House of Representatives member for Calabar Municipality, Odukpani Federal Constituency in the state, Ntufam Eta Mbora commended the judgment but expressed displeasure with the political class over the habitual resort to courts for settling of electoral matters without exhausting amicable options.
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