The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of Alliance for democracy, Vijah Opuama for being
incompetent as it amounts to an academic exercise.
In the judgement delivered by justice Owodunni, the tribunal on the issue of jurisdiction raised by the petitioner assumed jurisdiction and held that the deputy governor is eminently qualified having fulfilled the provision of section 177 of the constitution and the alleged error on the certificate was corrected by the NYSC which was corroborated by NYSC Director-General.
The Tribunal also held that the petitioner did not prove his case, therefore, dismissed the petition. The sum of two hundred thousand was awarded in favour of all the three respondents, except INEC.
Source : Ait.live
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