The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital on Monday, has upheld the election of Governor David Umahi who was the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the March 9 governorship election in the state.
Ajah Agha, the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, candidate in the election, had petitioned the tribunal on what he termed unlawful exclusion of his name in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC ballot paper, accusing the PDP and its candidate to be behind it.
The sitting, which took place at the state High Court premises, had Justice AB Abdukarim presiding over it.
Delivering Judgment, which lasted for about two hours, Justice Abdukarim dismissed the petition by PDM for lack of merit
“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 finding. Also your party did not organise primaries to produce a candidate according to INEC’s guideline; therefore your petition lacks merit”.
