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Tribunal upholds Ereyintomi’s victory, dismisses Ekpoto’s petition

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2 years ago
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Tribunal upholds Ereyintomi’s victory, dismisses Ekpoto’s petition

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The National Assembly and State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, on Saturday, upheld Rt. Hon. Thomas Ereyintomi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the winner of the February 28, 2023, National Assembly elections for Warri Federal Constituency.

The three-man panel of the tribunal dismissed the case filed by Ekpoto Ekpoto Emmanuel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the victory of Ereyintomi.

The Chairman of the panel, Justice Catherine Ogunsola, who read the judgement while dismissing the case in Asaba said that the petitioner’s case lacks merit.

She also said that the petitioner failed to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt.

The panel member further said that the evidence brought before the tribunal by the petitioner was not admissible in the eye of the law.

According to the Tribunal Judges, “The Petitioners failed to call evidence unit by unit and ward by ward to establish malpractice in the election.

“The Petitioner in his pleadings did not demonstrate the discrepancy between the number of accredited voters, the lawful votes cast and how it affected the outcome of the election. Attempt to do this in his Written Address was of no moment.

“The alleged forgery of the 3rd Respondent’s NECO was not established as there was disclaimer from the issuing authority. Besides, no meaning could be inferred.”

Each and every relief in the petition as well as the petition itself were dismissed with a cost of five hundred thousand naira (N500,000) against the petitioner in favour of the 2nd and 3rd Respondents.

Speaking to journalists, Counsel to the lawmaker, Robinson Arhiyo said: “It is victory for democracy and for the electorate, who voted massively for Rt. Hon. Thomas Ereyintomi during the election.”

INEC, on March 2, declared Thomas Ereyintomi, winner of the election having scored 20,155 votes to defeat his closest opponent Omatseye Young Piero of the Labour Party (LP), who pulled 9, 491 votes.

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