Petition Tribunal shortly before sitting in Benin City on December
8, 2020.
The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has
continued its sitting at the State High Court in Benin
City.
The pre-hearing session commenced yesterday with five petitions
filed against the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the
September 19 governorship election.
However, in the third petition filed by the Action Alliance and
another against Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the counsel to
the second respondent, Onyechi Ikpeazu raised the concern that the
petitioner had abandoned the petition had failed to apply for a
mandatory application.
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He submitted that the Tribunal did not have the jurisdiction to
go further with the petition.
The counsel to the petitioner, Steven Osaigbovo also urged the
tribunal to disapprove of the application as it was made
orally.
The tribunal thereafter fixed ruling on the application for
Friday, December 11.
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