Judiciary

Election Petition Tribunal Sacks Hon. Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, Declares High Chief Dan Chimezie Okeke Winner For Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency Election National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia Abia has sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Ibe Okwara of the Labour Party and declared APC’s Dan Chimezie Okeke winner of the February 25 National Assembly election in the constituency. Not satisfied with the process of Osonwa’s emergence Chief Okeke had approached the court to seek the nullification of Hon. Osonwa’s election, alleging that he did not comply with the provisions of the Electoral law. Convinced by his arguments…

PRESS STATEMENT BY CHIEF IBE OKWARA OSONWA, HON. MEMBER REPRESENTING AROCHUKWU/OHAFIA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY My attention has just been drawn to a judgment delivered few minutes ago by the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, comprising of Hon.Justice Adeyinka A. Aderibgbe (Chairman), Hon. Justice Kadi Mustaha A. Lalloki (Member I) and Hon. Justice Farouk U. Sarki (Member II). I am reliably informed by my team of lawyers, that the said judgment, in summary, disqualified my candidacy for the election under the platform of the Labour Party and my return as the winner of the said election…

REJECTION OF THE ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL VERDICT. This is to inform the General Public that we reject in its entirety the verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal handling the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency Election Matters. The Tribunal had on Saturday 8th September, 2023 struck out our petition challenging the illegal declaration of Chief Ibe Okwara as the winner of the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency election conducted by INEC on February 25th, 2023. INEC had erroneously declared Mr. Ibe Okwara as the winner of the said 'inconclusive election' where about 50,000 eligible voters (including myself) in 72 polling units were defranchized with the…

BREAKING: Atiku, Obi Defeated; Tinubu Wins In Final PEPC Verdict The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed the case filed by Labour candidate, Peter Gregory Obi against the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a five-hour marathon reading of the panel’s ruling on the substantive case filed by the defeated Labour candidate, Justice Haruna Tsammani said the case lacked material facts and unmeritorious. He also said 10 of the 13 witnesses who gave evidence were rejected for not being frontloaded with the petition, thus violating section 285 of the Nigerian constitution, section 137(7) of the Electoral Act 2022. The…

Just In: Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sets 16 September 2023 as judgment date On the manual collation of the presidential election results, he contended that the mode adopted did not diminish the credibility of the electoral process“Uploading results to IReV whether manually or electronically plays no role in collation of results; it does not add or decrease the number of votes. Collation is physical and manual,” Olanipekun said. Published 1 day ago on August 27, 2023By Opinion NigeriaAs the entire world awaits the outcomes of the three critical petitions instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP)…