The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Monday, nullified the election of Peter Gyengdeng, as the lawmaker representing Barkin/Riyom Federal Constituency of the state.

The tribunal equally declared Fom Chollom of the Labour Party as the validly elected representative for the federal constituency.

The PUNCH reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Gyengdeng of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the National Assembly poll conducted on February 25, 2023.

But Fom had challenged the PDP candidate’s victory at the tribunal on the ground that he was not validly nominated by his party claiming that PDP had no valid structure in the state at the time of his nomination as a candidate.

Details later…

https://punchng.com/tribunal-nullifies-pdp-candidates-victory-in-plateau-declares-lp-winner/

This is their rational: "On the ground that the PDP candidate was not validly nominated by the party"

So party nomination is no longer a pre-election matter According to PEPT judges? Do we have two laws for different election?

The cancellation affects all PDP candidates in Plateau state in the last election because the state exco that conducted their primaries had been sacked by a court.

"pre-election this, pre-election that" that has now become the common excuse of sore losers doesn't work like that. If you contested an election as an illegal candidate, "pre-election matter" won't save your sorry ass.

LP is interfering in another party's internal affair and their traumatized supporters won't call this judgement unjust. Watch them hail the verdict

Cool

Cyberterror:
LP is interfering in another party's internal affair and their traumatized supporters won't call this judgement unjust. Watch them hail the verdict

Just as your party interfered in other people's party affair and you jubilated.


I know you're too blind to see the comment below the post

PassingShot:
The cancellation affects all PDP candidates in Plateau state in the last election because the state exco that conducted their primaries had been sacked by a court.

"pre-election this, pre-election that" that has now become the common excuse of sore losers doesn't work like that. If you contested an election as an illegal candidate, "pre-election matter" won't save your sorry ass.

Can a lawyer break this pre election matter down for us to understand please?

No one is to be trusted.

Nice one

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