The Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the last year’s governorship election in the state, Idris Wada, challenging the election of the incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello.
The tribunal had earlier in the judgment struck out the petition while upholding the notice of preliminary objection raised by Bello, his party, the All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, against the petition, but still went ahead to determine it on its merit.
It held in its pronouncement on the respondents’ preliminary objection that the petitioners lacked locus standi to challenge the nomination of Bello as the APC candidate in the election.
The tribunal held that even if it was wrong to strike out the petition at the preliminary stage, there was no merit in the entire petition supporting its grounds and the prayers sought.
Wada and others had in their petition asked the tribunal to hold that he polled the highest lawful votes in the November 21 election and the December 5, 2015 supplementary election and should be returned as the elected Governor of the state.
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The tribunal had earlier in the judgment struck out the petition while upholding the notice of preliminary objection raised by Bello, his party, the All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, against the petition, but still went ahead to determine it on its merit.
It held in its pronouncement on the respondents’ preliminary objection that the petitioners lacked locus standi to challenge the nomination of Bello as the APC candidate in the election.
The tribunal held that even if it was wrong to strike out the petition at the preliminary stage, there was no merit in the entire petition supporting its grounds and the prayers sought.
Wada and others had in their petition asked the tribunal to hold that he polled the highest lawful votes in the November 21 election and the December 5, 2015 supplementary election and should be returned as the elected Governor of the state.
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