By Francis Onyeukwu
The victory of Senator Victor Umeh in the Jan. 13, Anambra senatorial rerun election has been upheld by the Anambra Central Senatorial Election Petition Tribunal which described the petitioner as rabble-rouser.
The tribunal which sat in Awka on Friday struck out a petition challenging the victory.
The three-man tribunal, presided over by Justice H. A. Olusiyi, Justice A. O. Ayoola, and Justice A. U. Birnin Kudu dismissed the five reliefs sought by the petitioner.
The tribunal said the petition was lacking merit and the inability of the applicant to proof his case.
The petitioner, Mr Nkem Ekweozoh, the candidate of the Mega Peoples Progressives Party (MPPP), had sought the voidance of Umeh’s victory on five grounds.
Ekweozoh claimed that Umeh was not duly elected by majority of valid votes cast at the election and that the victory was invalid as it was fraught with corrupt practices and substantial non-compliance with the…
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