Afrigather The Ebonyi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) difficult the election of Governor Francis Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on September 27, 2023.
The tribunal, in a unanimous judgment, held that the APGA didn’t show its case of non-qualification in opposition to Nwifuru. The tribunal additionally held that the election was performed in a free and honest method.
The APGA had alleged that Nwifuru was not certified to contest the election as a result of he didn’t have a sound secondary college certificates. The get together additionally alleged that there have been irregularities within the conduct of the election.
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Nevertheless, the tribunal dismissed the entire APGA’s allegations. The tribunal additional dominated that Nwifuru’s failure to resign from his place as speaker and a member of the Home of Representatives in Ebonyi State, which he gained in 2019 on the PDP platform, earlier than operating within the main elections, couldn’t be considered as a disqualifying issue stopping him from operating for workplace.
Gov. Nwifuru was proclaimed the victor of the election that passed off on March 18, by the Unbiased Nationwide Election Fee (INEC).
Nwifuru defeated Dr. Chukwuma Ifeanyi Odii of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, who garnered 80,191 votes, by garnering a complete of 199,131 votes throughout the state’s 13 Native Authorities Areas.
Nwifuru was additionally given a Certificates of Return as the brand new governor by the electoral umpire.
