Kwara Guber: Tribunal To Rule On PDP's Petition September 20th - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 15, 2019
The Kwara State GovernorshipElection Petitions Tribunal has fixed slated September 20, todeliver judgment in the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDPcandidate, Rasak Atunwa challenging the election of Governor AbdulRahmanAbdulRazaq.
Atunwa is challenging the electionof Abdulrazaq on the grounds that the Governor presented a forged secondaryschool certificate and not qualified to run for the Governorship, an allegationAbdulrazaq insists is baseless. The defendants in the case are the IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC Abdulrazaq, and the All ProgressivesCongress APC.
At the resumption of hearing,Counsel to Atunwa and the plaintiffs spoke to and adopted their final writtenaddresses before the three-man tribunal chaired by Justice Bassey Effiong.
While Atunwa called on the tribunalto hold that Abdulrazaq was not qualified to run in the election, Abdulrazaqsaid the petitioner failed to prove the allegation of forgery, while the WestAfrican Examination Council, WAEC which the petition had compelled, confirmedto the tribunal that the Governor sat its examination in 1976.0a�q|W