By: Valentine Adese (JP),
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 25th February, 2023, Governorship election in Plateau State, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda has stated in his Appeal before the Court Appeal, wherein he is challenging the Judgment delivered by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Panel that, there was a grave miscarriage of justice by the Tribunal and that the Tribunal erred when it said there was no evidence before it to show that there was noncompliance to the Electoral Act in the conduct of the Governorship Election in the state.
In their Notice of Appeal filed by their Counsel, Professor Kayode Olatoke (SAN), Nentawe disagrees with the decision of the Tribunal in saying that, there was no evidence before it to show that the governorship election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act.
Nentawe and the APC stated that they have demonstrated that, there was over-voting as shown in form EC8As as presented and identified by their respective witnesses.
Adding that “Duplicated results of voter registers and extracts from BVAS machine devices were tendered before the Tribunal”, while maintaining also that there is overwhelming evidence that the Governorship election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act.
Nentawe further submitted that “An election where there was no proper accreditation, where there is over voting, non-collation of results and non-usage of voter registers, as well as, when the person declared as the winner was not qualified to contest, cannot be said to be an election conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022”.
Nentawe further submitted that “the judgment of the trial Tribunal was against the weight of evidence” and therefore, prayed the Court of Appeal to allow his Appeal by setting aside the entire judgment of the trial Tribunal.
TO BE CONTINUED….
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