The election petition tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital, Monday upheld the election of Governor Dave Umahi who was the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during March 9, 2019 governorship election.
Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate in the election Chief Ajah Agha had petitioned the tribunal on what he termed “unlawful exclusion of his name in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ballot paper. He accused PDP and governor as being behind his exclusion.
The sitting which took place at the state High Court premises had Justice A.B Abdulkarim as the presiding judge.
Delivering judgement on a tribunal sitting which lasted for over three months on Monday, Justice Abdulkarim, dismissed the petition by PDM for lack of merit
He said, “PDM did not submit the name of their candidate to INEC when they were supposed to do so. Your party sent name three days after closure of submission according to findings.
“Also your party did not organise primaries to produce a candidate according to INEC’s guideline, therefore your petition lacks merit.”
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