Appeal Court affirms Lalong’s victory – TheNigerialawyer

The Court of Appeal, Jos Division on Friday affirmed the victory
of Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State after dismissing the
appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party governorship
candidate, Senator Jeremiah Useni, challenging his victory at the
poll during the 2019 general election.

Useni had earlier lost his bid to unseat Lalong at the election
petitions tribunal in its judgment delivered October 2, 2019

Not satisfied with the tribunal’s judgment, Useni and his party
had approached the Court of Appeal on twenty grounds insisting that
Lalong lied in the information he provided to INEC on his form
CF0001.

Useni also claimed that Lalong was not qualified to contest the
election among other claims

However, the Appeal Court resolved all the issues against the
appellant and in favour of Lalong stating that there was no law
under the 1999 constitution that restricts one to a particular
number of names he may be known or called neither is there any law
that confines one to bear a particular name throughout his/her
lifetime

Justice O.A. Otisi, who read the lead judgment agreed with the
lower tribunal and held that Useni’s appeal ” lacked merit and is
hereby dismissed.”