The
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asab on Thursday upheld the
victory of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Great Ogboru of the All
Progressives Congress had filed a petition against Okowa in the March 9 the governorship election in the State.
Ogboru and his party, APC,
challenged the declaration of Okowa by INEC as the winner of the March 9 the governorship election in Delta State
The
tribunal said that it was not only the responsibilities of petitioners to
tender documents but also to prove that the alleged irregularities in the
election substantially affected the outcome of the election.
The tribunal said that the
petitioners failed to prove that the respondents were not validly elected by
majority of lawful votes.
“The petitioner failed to
prove the allegation of non-compliance, non-accreditation, over voting and
corrupt practices that would warrant the tribunal to nullify the election,“
he said.
The Tribunal, who said that
the petition was badly drafted, lacked merit and stood dismissed
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