Governor Peter Obi of the
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) victory in the governorship election
held on February 6, 2010 has been upheld by the election petitions tribunal
sitting in Anambra State. It could be recalled that, the Hope Democratic Party
(HDP) had gone to the tribunal to contend that Obi was not duly returned and
that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) committed an error by
declaring him winner of the election.
HDP also held the
contentions that Obi did not get the required two-thirds of, at least, one
quarter of the total votes cast in the 21 local government areas of the state.
In a judgment read by
Justice P. I. Ige, which lasted for seven hours, the tribunal said it was
convinced with the evidence before it that Obi was duly returned by the INEC,
having satisfied relevant sections of the 2006 Electoral Act and Section 179 of
the 1999 Constitution.
The tribunal said it was
convinced that Obi scored the highest lawful votes cast in 15 out of the 21
local government areas of the state.
Reacting to the judgment,
Governor Obi thanked God for His goodness to Anambra State and the judges for
their “transparency and honesty.”
Also, the counsel for HDP,
Mr Mike Okoye, said he would appeal the judgment, adding that the court did not
use any figure to arrive at the judgment.
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