The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday, upheld the victory of Senator Andy Ubah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 28 senatorial election for Anambra South senatorial zone.
Ubah was dragged to the election tribunal by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Ernest Ndukwe, who filed the petition seeking to be declared the winner of the said election.
Delivering judgment Justice Naya Aganaba ruled that the petitioner failed to mention those he accused of committing electoral fraud in the course of the election.
On the issue of the first respondent not being qualified to contest election for not having WAEC certificate, the tribunal cited sections 109 and 65A of the Electoral Act, and said that even a First School Leaving Certificate is enough qualification for any Nigerian citizen to contest National Assembly election.
The panel ruled that the petition is incompetent in evidence. “There is no ground of malpractices and it cannot affect the result of the election unless it is substantiated. The petitioner did not know the number of polling units in Ihiala,” the tribunal said
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