BREAKING: PDP Reclaims Abuja Council Chairmanship From APC

BREAKING: PDP Reclaims Abuja Council Chairmanship From APC

  • The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the FCT Area Council Election
  • This follows a judicial battle between Hon. Christopher Maikalangu and Murtala Usman Karshi of the PDP and APC respectfully
  • With this, the court dismissed the August 5 judgment of the FCT Area Council Election Tribunal, which declared Hon. Murtala Usman Karshi as winner of the election

In what will come as a big blow to the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) court has upheld the election of Hon. Christopher Maikalangu as Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

the three-man tribunal, including Hon. Justice S. B Belgore (Chairman), Hon. Justice Yusuf Halilu (member 1), Hon. Justice Jude O. Onwuegbuzie (member 2) dismissed the August 5 judgment of the FCT Area Council Election Tribunal, which declared Hon. Murtala Usman Karshi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election of February 12.

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Court declares PDP winner in Abuja
PDP has been declared winner of the FCT Area Council Election. Photo credit: PDP
Source: UGC

According to the justices, the judgement of the lower tribunal was not only evil, but negates all the achievements recorded in Nigeria’s democracy.

They said the lower tribunal erred by ignoring contradictory evidences before it, Daily Trust reports

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The judgement read:

“It is not in doubt the APC as a party was faced with legal battles after the party primaries to nominate a flags bearer for the AMAC election held on 12th February 2022. It is equally not in doubt that the 1st respondent, Murtala Usman Karshi, was involved in the said altercation, which eventually landed parties before the apex court of this land i.e Supreme Court of Nigeria, which eventually declared the 1st respondent as winner of the APC primary for AMAC election.

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“We have seen the evidences supplied by both the appellant and the respondents to the lower tribunal. The witnesses listed by the APC as supervisors in the disputed polling units admitted that they were not polling unit agents. It has become critical for us to ask questions at this point on what the process of collating results connote.
“Can collation be done without polling units results? It is indeed a process of an election that votes are cast at polling units, results collated by electoral officers and results announced to the hearing of all. If that is the case, who then is the proper person to be called in the event that there is a complaint anchored on wrongful collation of results? Is it the ward supervisor or a polling unit agent? The answer is a polling unit agent."

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Meanwhile, some governors on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in a crucial meeting in Enugu. The meeting is led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers state

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Governors present at the meeting include Samuel Ortom of Benue, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu. Others are Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia.

According to a statement by the Enugu government, the governors held a “crucial meeting in the Enugu Government House to discuss matters of public interest”.

Source: Legit.ng

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