Chijioke Edeoga and his party had argued that Peter Mbah ought not to have contested the election because he allegedly presented a forged NYSC certificate to INEC.
Mr Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest challenger, theThe candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Frank Nweke Jr., garnered 17,983 votes to come third, while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Uche Nnaji, came fourth, with 14,575 votes.
The LP candidate, Mr Edeoga, filed a petition at the tribunal challenging the victory of Mr Mbah, now governor. A three-member panel of judges, led by Kudirant Moraya, had informed the parties that the judgement would be delivered on Thursday.When contacted, Mr Edeoga, the LP candidate, also confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES, on Wednesday afternoon.Among the contentious issues before the tribunal is the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate presented by Mr Mbah to INEC.
Also, the LP candidate had asked the tribunal to nullify the election of Mr Mbah because there were irregularities including over-voting and non-use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System during the election in Nkanu East Local Government Area.
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