Kaduna Central: Tribunal Threw Out PDP Candidate’s Petition, Upholds Uba Sani’s Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2019
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has upheld the election of the lawmaker representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Uba Sani, in the February 2019 election.
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The Tribunalruled out the application filed by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate,Lawal Adamu Usman challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC’s declaration of Uba Sani as the winner of the February 2019 election.
Chairman ofthe tribunal, Justice A. H. Suleiman while delivering the judgment, ruled thatthe evidence presented by the PDP candidate was based on rumour which was notacceptable in law.
The Tribunalalso held that the petitioner failed to prove any of his allegations of corruptpractices, over voting and election violence.
It had onWednesday, dismissed the petition brought before it by the former lawmakerrepresenting the zone in the eighth Senate, Senator Shehu Sani for lack ofmerit.