Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu, has affirmed Peter Ndubuisi Mbah as duly elected Governor of the Coal City State in the March 18 governorship election.
On March 22, INEC declared the PDP Candidate, Mbah winner with 160895 votes against his closest challenger the LP Candidate, Chijioke Jonathan Edeoga’s 157552 votes in the 18th March Governorship poll.
Dissatisfied with the results as declared by the umpire, the Labour Party and Edeoga through their Counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, approached the tribunal seeking redress. INEC, Mbah and PDP are listed as the first, second and third respondents, respectively.
The three-member panel of the tribunal led by Justice Kudirat Murayo dismissed the petitions of the Labour Party and its candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, insisting that they could not prove their petitions.
In dismissing the petitioners’ petition, the tribunal declared that the National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate is not a qualification to contest a governorship election.