Adamawa LG Election Tribunal receives 8 petitions

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Governor Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State

The Adamawa State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has commenced sitting in Yola.

The Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Jimmy Ferdinand, who confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Yola, said the tribunal had received eight petitions.

“We received eight petitions, two for chairmanship and six for councillorship.

“The two chairmanship petitions are from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Mayo-Belwa Local Government and Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in Lamurde Local Government challenging the victory of APC candidates,” Ferdinand said.

He explained that four of the councillorship petitions are from Mayo-Belwa Local Government filed by PDP candidates in Bajam, Gorobi, Gengle and Ribadu wards.

“We also have a PDP councillorship petition from Karewa ward of Yola North Local Government…

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