Nasarawa-Eggon East: Tribunal reserves judgment on PDP’s petition against APC
The National and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has reserved judgement on the petition by Ibrahim Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of Jacob Kudu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as House of Assembly member representing Nasarawa-Eggon East. Daily Trust reports that Mohammed […]
The National and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has reserved judgement on the petition by Ibrahim Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of Jacob Kudu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as House of Assembly member representing Nasarawa-Eggon East.
Daily Trust reports that Mohammed is challenging the victory of Kudu in the poll conducted in March, this year.
The Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Francesca Nnong-Isoni, said the judgement on the petition was reserved after counsels to the petitioner and respondents adopted their final written addresses at the weekend.
She said the day the judgement would be delivered would be communicated to the parties involved.
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Earlier, Edidiong Usungurua, counsel to the petitioner, informed the tribunal that he had adopted all the arguments in his written address.
Usungurua, however, admonished the tribunal to quash the election of Nasarawa-Eggon East State Constituency for non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
Also, Ishaku Dikko (SAN), counsel to Kudu, adopted his written address and called on the tribunal to dismiss the petition for lacking in merit.
On his part, Sunday Akoh, counsel to the third respondent, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asked the tribunal to dismiss the petition, noting that the commission had returned the assembly member in compliance with the law and the Electoral Act.