Tribunal upholds Enugu Senator’s election
In a unanimous judgment that lasted for several hours, the Tribunal said the petition lacked merit.
The parties had on July 29 adopted their final written address, with the APC candidate telling the Tribunal that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, allegedly announced the result of the election even before the final collation.Bello had told the 3-man Tribunal that the election ought be to quashed over the INEC’s alleged failure to comply with the provisions of its own guidelines as well as the Electoral Act.“INEC declared return before collation.
“Compliance to these guidelines are mandatory, compulsory and non-compliance renders the step taken in wanton disobedience a nullity.But his position was countered by the counsel to the 1st Respondent, Barr. A.J. Offiah, , who argued that “proceedings here witnessed a total abandonment of the case as pleaded by the petitioners, by their failure to produce evidence on the facts pleaded; that’s the scenario.
“What we are doing here now is the wake-keep, in preparation for the final burial; we are asking the Court to dismiss the petition.”
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