September 10, (THEWILL) – The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar has affirmed the election of the Senator representing Cross River North in the National Assembly, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe.
The three-man tribunal headed by Justice M. A. Sambo, in a unanimous decision, upheld Senator Jarigbe’s election.
Former governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, had, in suit number EPT/CR/SEN/02/2023, approached the court to nullify the February 25, 2023, senatorial election for being riddled with malpractices and not complying with the Electoral Act.
The former governor also disputed about 377 polling units in the northern senatorial election.
The tribunal, after a five hour, fourteen minutes judgment, dismissed the petition stating that there was no sufficient evidence to invalidate the election.
The tribunal also struck out some evidence, particularly the presidential result sheet presented by the petitioners, for being contrary to what they pleaded in their written statement of oath.
