Tribunal says Chris and Andy’s petitions against Ifeanyi Ubah lack substance

The National and State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Awka has affirmed the election of the Chairman of Capital Oil, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, as Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District.
The tribunal headed by Justice Okara Ebimie Thelma, in judgments delivered on September 9, dismissed two petitions filed before by the Uba brothers – Chris and Andy.

While Chris represented the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the older Andy was the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the February 23 election. Ubah was the Young Progressives Party (YPP) flag bearer in the election.

The tribunal held that both petitions challenging the outcome of the election, lacked competence, insisting that the petitioners failed to establish why the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should not be upheld.

Listed as 1st to 11th Respondents in the first petition filed by Chris were INEC, Returning Officer, Anambra South Senatorial District, the Collation Officers of Aguata, Orumba North, Orumba South, Ihiala, Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwisigo Local Government Areas, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Anambra State, and Senator Ubah.
The INEC had declared the Capital Oil supremo as the winner of the election after polling 87, 081 votes while Chris and Andy garnered 52, 462 and 13, 245 votes respectively.

Another leading candidate in the poll, Ukachukwu Nicholas of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) got 51, 269 votes. The Uba brothers had separately approached the tribunal to challenge the declaration of Ubahi as the winner of the election.

Chris had argued in his petition that INEC’s declaration of Ubah as the winner of the election was unlawful and invalid as he did not score the majority of the lawful votes in the election.

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