The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has re-affirmed Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the duly elected Governor of Enugu State.

On March 22, INEC declared the Mbah winner with 160895 votes against his closest challenger the Labour Party Candidate, Chijioke Jonathan Edeoga's 157552 votes in the 18th March Governorship poll.

Dissatisfied with the results as declared by the umpire, the Labour Party and Edeoga through their Counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, approached the tribunal seeking redress. INEC, Mbah and PDP were listed as the first, second and third defendants, respectively.

Edeoga/LP's anchored their petition based on 3 grounds:

(1) That Mbah was not qualified to participate in the election because he failed the basic eligibility test by filing a forged NYSC discharge Certificate under oath.

(2) That the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act, with respect to the non-use of BVAS machines for accreditation, inter-changing of LP's results in 19 PUs at the Ward Collation Centre in Udenu LGA , electoral violence and

(3) That the election result was not counted in accordance with the law due to over-voting, wrong tabulations especially in Mbah's Owo Ward and Ugbawka 1 Ward, both of Nkanu East LGA, etc.

On September 21, the Justice Kudirat Morayo Akano-led tribunal unanimously ruled in favour of the defendants on all grounds, and thereafter dismissed the petition for lacking in merit, weak, based on hearsay and loads of concocted and inadmissible evidence.

Dismayed by the outcome, Edeoga & the LP approached the penultimate Court in these matters for reprieve.

The Appeal Court in a well-delivered ruling, upheld the decisions of the tribunal in toto. The three-man panel resolved all grounds of the petition in favour of the Respondents, and affirmed the returned of Peter Mbah as duly returned.

TheOldGods:
Corruption

obembet:


When it doesn't favour u, u can call it corruption

TheOldGods:
are you mad or something. Imagine someone steals your bank cheque, and signs your signature, takes your Money and you go to court, and court says bank can't prove that they are the original people that made the cheque and you can't prove your signature. Or you have a shop and you have reiept, and someone comes into your shop and claims he bought something from you. You told him to bring reiept and he brings it. But you crosscheck with yours and you see there are two different things including the signature. But court now says, you can't prove that the receipt was fake. Please, who else will prove it if not you. Omo Nigeria is so corrupt I can't stand this any longer

Racoon:
Congratulations Mbah but your NYSC certificate forgery remains an albatross you will live with. Judiciary now legalise certificate forgery, electoral irregularities. So much for a nation.

firearcher:
Lol. Lawyer Olaonipekun arguing for and against similar pleadings in different courts for different politicians