The first case is that of Chris Agu of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) against Peter Mbah of the PDP and INEC
Below is the prayers of the PRP candidate
1. Mbah wasn’t qualified as the time of the election.
2. All then votes cast for Mbah are wasted due to non qualification.
3. Declare him winner of the election having the highest number of the lawful votes or that a Rerun be conducted excluding Mbah. And the declaration of Mbah is unconstitutional.
The petition is anchored on the following grounds.
Non compliance to electoral act in declaration of Mbah as the winner of the election
Corruption and irregular practices during the election.
Non qualification of Mbah to stand for the election.
They said that Mbah entered into Plea Bargain and this disqualified him from the contest.
Alleged non qualification as a result of submission of forged NYSC Certificate.
The inability of the INEC to use BVAS in Nkanu East and also failure to upload the results to IReV.
Mbah urged the tribunal to strike out the petition because one of the issues canvassed is status barred while the issue of the NYSC Certificate has been decided by an Abuja Federal High Court.
That the issue of qualification is a pre-election matter and the tribunal Lacks the jurisdiction to address it.
Mbah also told the court that the claim of corruption is nebulous, vague and should be discarded.
The tribunal said that the Petitioner failed to prove of the respondent posses the minimum requirement to stand for election which is school start or its equivalent and therefore, said there’s no evidence to support the claim that Mbah Isn’t qualified to stand for the election.
On the issue of Plea Bargain by Mbah, the tribunal averred that the exhibits presented by the petitioners didn’t show any Plea bargain by the respondent.
The court said the evidence presented by Mbah to the effect that he was acquitted of the charges.
Ruling on the issue of forging of NYSC Certificate by Dr. Mbah, the tribunal said the petitioner failed to provide evidence to support their claim that a forged certificate was submitted to the NYSC and the issue isn’t contained in their affidavit.
In her final ruling, the tribunal maintained that the election of Peter Mbah was in accordance with the stipulations of the law and further affirmed him as the duly elected governor of Enugu State.
