NASS Polls: Tribunal Strikes Out Petition Filed By PDP, Adokwe Against Sen. Al-Makura - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2019
The National and State Houses of Assembly PetitionTribunal sitting in Lafia, has struck out the petition filed by the People’sDemocratic Party,  PDP and Suleiman Adokwe, challenging the election of Tanko al-Makura, of the All Progressives Congress,APC as the winner of the Nasarawa-South Senatorial seat.
Adokwe challenged the election on account of allegedunlawful declaration of al-Makura as winner of the poll and claimed that thepolls did not comply with provisions of the Electoral Act 2010.
In a unanimous judgment, read by its chairman, JusticeDavid Ugoh, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed to prove that therespondent had not scored the highest lawful votes at the election.
In the same vein, the Tribunal also knocked out apetition challenging the March 9, 2019, election which returned PeoplesDemocratic Party, PDP candidate, Ibrahim Akwe for Obi-1 constituency.
The candidate of the APC, Isa Mohammed, challengedthe victory of Akwe in the State House of Assembly election.
In a judgment, the tribunal Chairman said that thepetitioner failed to prove that Akwe did not score the highest number of lawfulvotes cast in the election.