The Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has reaffirmed the victory of Mr. Nanmwa Kumzhi of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2014 local government election in Langtang North Local Government council .
In a six-hour judgment on Saturday, the Chairman, Justice Halima Nshi, dismissed the petition brought by Mr. Daniel Dul of Democratic People Party challenging the election of Kumzhi.
Dul had alleged Kumzhi falsified the result of the election in Jat ward of Langtang North
The tribunal however noted that the petitioner did not produce enough evidence in support of the allegation of massive rigging and forgery of results by the returning officer in the ward to the favour of the respondents.
Though the tribunal ruled that it has the jurisdiction to entertain the case, it said there was no case of over-voting in Jat ward as was alleged by the petitioners’ claims because there was no prove from the supervisory officer of Longmak, Kelir, Sabon Layi and other polling units.
The tribunal chairman added that they didn’t produce any result on the side of witnesses in the judgment but relied on Obasanjo Vs Mahammadu Buhari supra 2003 judgment.
Counsel for Nanmwa Kumzhi, Mr. Sunday Oyawole, in his written address argued that the petitioner could not prove his case that the election in Lohmak B and sabon Layi ward was full of malpractices.
