A Nigerian Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue state has nullified
the election of former Senate President David Mark in a ruling
delivered by Justice Olabisi Ige.
The court ruled on six grounds of appeal brought against a lower
tribunal ruling which earlier upheld Mark’s election last month. In
ruling on the appeal brought by Daniel Onjeh, the South Benue
Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Justice Ige ruled
that the election of Mr. Mark was fraught with so many irregularities
that it failed all tests of “freeness and fairness”.
In
particular, the court noted that Mr. Mark’s election results had been
pre-written on March 28 before proper collation and announcement was
made on March 30. The appeal panel ruled that a fresh election be
conducted in 90 days in the senatorial zone.
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