How PDP failed to give names of polling units affected by overvoting in Kogi state – Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) also onown as tribunal has declared that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has no special electoral status to determine presidential election in Nigeria, Platforms Africa reports.
The tribunal added that the real time upload of election results is not mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Delivering a judgement on Wednesday, the Court declared that the Interpretation Of Section 134(2)B Of The Constitution was Fallacious.
The FCT Has No Special Status, thus Interpretation given for Section 134(2)B Of The Constitution is Fallacious,” the Court declared.
The Court added that the PDP failed to give names of polling units affected by overvoting in Kogi state. Particulars of the lawful vote depilated from their votes were not provided.
“Figures of the votes in the affected 10 polling units and 2 local governments in Kogi state were not provided,” the PEPC said.
It continued; “In Adavi and Okehi local government in Kogi state the petitioners did not demonstrate evidence to prove over voting or irregularities.
“The petitioner relied on a statistician report by that was not properly filled and did not identify the affected polling units.
“The failure of the petitioner to join governor Yahaya Bello in the petition having accused him of Gun-touting is fatal to their allegations of electoral violence in Kogi state.”
