Sentences with phrase «election petition tribunal»

According to Abunde,» there is an elected member representing the constituency to be split into two, the commission opined that the case determined by the Court was neither a Pre - Election matter involving candidate nor one of election petition tribunal or appeal.

The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abakaliki also yesterday upheld the election of the Governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 26 governorship elections, Chief Martin Elechi as the governor of Ebonyi State.

It said that if not for the duo, it had determined to challenge the APC and its candidate, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) at the election petition tribunal.

Gusau said, «Sequel to forthcoming governorship election, I hereby inform the general public that the election petition tribunal for the governorship election has been constituted in Anambra.

The court held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could continue with the conduct of its supplementary election in the state slated for tomorrow owing to its submission that only the election petition tribunal had the jurisdiction to hear the cases before it.

The election petition tribunal in Katsina, has nullified the election of member representing Dutsi / Mashi federal constituency, Mansur Ali Mashi (APC).

The National Assembly election petition tribunal has upheld the election of former Senate President, Senator David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party, the PDP.

Ladoja who spoke through the Director - General of his campaign organization, Hon. Adeolu Adeleke, during a press conference in Ibadan, said the dismissal of his petition by the Justice Muhammed Mayaki - led election petitions tribunal, did not come as a surprise, but rather a confirmation of the boasts by Ajimobi at different fora, that he had already secured victory.

Significantly, he added, only two out of those 175 elections were overturned by the Election Petition Tribunals.

THE election petitions tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed for lack of merit, the motion by Dr Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),...

«In the spirit of democratic ethos, Mr. President should ensure that all election petition tribunals should function freely and transparently.

«The failure of lNEC to conduct the re-run elections in Rivers within the time - frame ordered by the respective election petition tribunals / courts is in breach of the Electoral Act and Section 76 of the 1999 Constitution, thus endangering the nation's democracy.

Obuah said: «Okorocha has unwittingly admitted in the first instance, that governorship election after all, took place in Rivers State, a sharp contrast to the claim of the APC in the state and before the state governorship election petitions tribunal.

According to Omotosho, «is it not curious and, indeed, funny that a sitting governor that was defeated in all the local government areas of Ekiti State in a free and fair election is crying, eight months after and after his case had been dismissed at the election petitions tribunal.»

The governorship election petitions tribunal, led by Justice Ahmed Badamasi, had on February 10 ordered the stoppage of the recounting exercise for Akoko - Edo, Egor, Etsako West and Etsako East Local Government Areas, following the expiration of the 14 days allotted the PDP and Ize - Iyamu, who were the petitioners, to prove their case.

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the September 28 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize - Iyamu, on Wednesday filed a petition at election petitions tribunal in Benin, challenging the outcome of the poll.

Governor The governorship election petition tribunals in Enugu, Ebonyi, Delta and Kwara states have upheld the elections of the incumbent governors of the respective states.

Senator Magnus Abe, representing Rivers Southeast Senatorial District, has described his victory at the election petitions tribunal, as a victory for people of Rivers.

In a statement signed by its state Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the party recalled that the struggle to retrieve the mandates of its candidates, including that of the governorship candidate, hijacked in the 2015 sham elections, led to various rulings by the election petition tribunals and Appeal Courts, which annulled and ordered for the rerun elections for 22 State Assembly positions out of 32, all 3 Senatorial seats and 12 out of 13 House of Representatives seats.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu yesterday ruled out the formal Information and Communication Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili's appeal filed against the election petitions tribunal...

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Onjeh had earlier wrote a petition at the state tribunal, where Justice Dipeolu in October upheld the election of the former Senate president.

The Kogi State governorship election tribunal has struck the petition of James Faleke, running mate to late Audu Abubakarwho died shortly after the state governorship election exercise last year November.

The Kogi State governorship election tribunal has dismissed the petition of Idris Wada, candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 November and December governorship election against governor Yahaya Bello.

«He further urged the court of appeal to make an «order striking out or dismissing the election petition filed on 3rd May 2015 by Mr Dakuku Peterside Peterside and the APC as petitioners at the tribunal.

The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned to November 14, hearing in the Anambra Central senatorial election petition brought before it by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Dora Akunyili, following the absence of some record of proceedings of the lower tribunal.

The tribunal chairman, therefore, dismissed the petition because of the failure of the petitioners to convince the tribunal beyond doubt that they won the election.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the April general elections in Abia, Dr. Alex Otti, has filed a notice of appeal against the judgment of the trial tribunal which sat in Umuahia and handled his petition.

Justice Ikpeme had in 2016 dismissed a petition by Melaye's opponent, Smart Adeyemi, contesting the emergence of the lawmaker at an election tribunal.

«Any aggrieved party / parties that wish to file petition in respect of the conduct of the election should do so through the registry of the above mentioned tribunal / court.»

But dissatisfied with the results declared by INEC, the APC and their candidates had filed their various petitions asking the tribunal to cancel the elections and order a rerun on account of alleged irregularities.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Pastor Osagie Ize - Iyamu, had filed a petition urging the tribunal to declare him as the rightful winner of the September 28 governorship election.

In the petition, the PDP candidate, accompanied by the state Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, asked the tribunal to declare him as the rightful winner of the election.

It will be recalled that the tribunal last Thursday threw out the petition filed by the PDP against the declaration of Senator Ajimobi as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing him of dual citizenship.