The Governorship Election
Petition Tribunal in Bauchi State has fixed Monday, for its inaugural and
commencement of pre-hearing conference into petitions filed before it.
In a statement, Alhaji Bello
Abdullahi, Secretary to the tribunal, said that three petitions would be heard
by the tribunal.
The petitions include those
separately filed by three political parties challenging the election of Sen.
Bala Mohammed of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP), as governor-elect.
The parties are the Action
Peoples Party (APP), Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Bala Mohammed had polled 515,113
votes to defeat his closest rivals the outgoing Governor of the state, Mohammed
Abubakar of the (APC) who scored 500,325 votes.
The three parties are seeking the
nullification of Mohammed’s declaration as winner by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) due to alleged noncompliance with the Electoral Act
2010 as amended.
The APP in its petition, alleged
that it fielded Alhaji Gumi Umaru and Sani Umaru as Governorship and deputy
Governorship candidates respectively, but discovered on election day that the
two candidates were excluded in the ballot papers.
APP explained that it had
initially submitted the name of one Kabiru Isiyaku as its governorship
candidate, who later turned down the nomination and was substituted with Gumi,
but said the electoral body unlawfully excluded him as its candidate.
The party is, therefore, urged
the tribunal to nullify the entire election and order for a fresh one to enable
their candidates be accommodated.
The Peoples Democratic Movement
(PDM) in its petition said the electoral body excluded names of its candidates,
logo of the party in the ballot papers, including other election materials and
all other documents used during the governorship election in the State.
It also called for nullification
of the entire election and sought for fresh exercise to enable its candidate,
Ahmed Iliyasu, whom it said met all requirements participate.
The outgoing State Governor,
Mohammed Abubakar and APC in their petition, refused to concede defeat,
alleging wide spread irregularities and saying he hoped the checks on disputed
ballots of Bogoro, Bauchi and Tafawa Balewa Councils would overturn the results
in their favour.
Abubakar complained about other
aspects of the elections including how results in the three councils were
tallied which culminated in the final scores in forms EC8E where Mohammed was
declared winner as incorrect.
He, therefore, want the tribunal
to declare him as winner of the election or order for conduct of a fresh
election in the affected areas.
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