Tag: Election Tribunal

Sacked AMAC, Chairman Maikalangu, fumes at tribunal

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu, has reacted strongly to the judgment of the FCT Election Tribunal which sacked him from office on Friday, while indicating that he will appeal the verdict. He alleged that the tribunal manipulated and manufactured ghost votes against the ones that were legitimately announced after the February 12th elections for the APC, an action he described as an embarrassment to the Nigerian Judiciary. Maikalangu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of Feb. 12 AMAC chairmanship election by the…

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Akeredolu wins at Ondo election tribunal

Aminu Imam

The Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, the State capital, has struck out a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), against the return of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), as governor. The petition, filed by PDP’s Eyitayo Jegede, was struck out for want of jurisdiction by the three-man panel led by Justice Abubakar Umar. The tribunal, in its virtual judgment, said the issues raised in the petition are internal affairs and management challenges of a political party which it has no jurisdiction…

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Bayelsa Governor, Diri, heads to Appeal Court as tribunal annuls his election

Ishaku Yohanna

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has revealed that he will appeal the ruling by the tribunal nullifying his election as governor of the state. He also said that he has instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. Governor Diri disclosed this shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) governorship candidate in the November 2019 election. The governor said he has implicit confidence in the judiciary and he would triumph at the end. “We trust in the…

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