He wanted the case of Sokoto
governorship election tribunal disbanded by a President of the Court of Appeal, who has a constitutional right to set up election tribunals.
Obidigbo, a petitioner at the Anambra
Governorship election tribunal, who spoke with journalists at his Hardis and Dromedas factory in Umunya, Anambra State said there was no way Obiano could be accepted as the candidate of the party when his primary election was conducted by Chief Victor Umeh, whose tenure has been voided by the court.
«Governor Wike sought an order of the court of appeal allowing his appeal and an order of the court setting aside the judgment / decision of the Rivers state
governorship election tribunal.
«Take notice that the appellant being dissatisfied with the decision of
the governorship election tribunal for Rivers state, sitting in Abuja, contained in the judgment of the tribunal coram Hon. Justice Suleiman Ambursa (chairman), Hon. Justice Wesley Ibrahim Leha (member) and Hon. Justice Bayo Taiwo (member)(sitting in court no. 23 of the FCT high court dated the 24th of October 2015, doth hereby appeal to the court of appeal upon the grounds set out in paragraph 3 and will at the hearing seek the reliefs set out in paragraph 4,» the statement read.
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.
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.
Among the exhibits attached with the motion, were written statements of Tope Aluko on oath which he tendered before Ekiti state
governorship election tribunals in 2014 before the tribunal.
Not exact matches
He said, «In view of our belief in the judiciary and avalanche of evidence against the declaration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the duly elected governor in the April 11, 2015
governorship election in the state, Senator Rasheed Ladoja, the gubernatorial candidate of Accord after wide consultations, has resolved to appeal the judgment of Justice Muhammed Mayaki - led
tribunal at the Court of Appeal.
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.
The Edo State
governorship election Tribunal has thrown out
tribunal the suit filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osagie Ize Iyamu, in the September 28, 2016
governorship election, challenging the declaration of Governor Godwin Obaseki as winner of the
election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The
election tribunals and Court of Appeal ordered the re-runs, after voiding the returns for most of the Rivers legislative seats, federal and state; before the Supreme Court, in a bizarre verdict, endorsed the
governorship poll, held the same day, and under the same bloody conditions, as the state legislative
elections.
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.
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 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.
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.
The
tribunal, which delivered its ruling in Abuja, also ordered that a fresh
governorship election be conducted in the state.
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
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 E
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 E
Governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 26
governorship elections, Chief Martin Elechi as the governor of E
governorship elections, Chief Martin Elechi as the governor of Ebonyi State.
We are asking the court to re evaluate those documents or reevaluate the evidence placed before lower
tribunal and allow the appeal to set aside the decision of the lower
tribunal and declare Ladoja the winner of the
governorship election of Oyo state.»