A total of 11 political parties and their candidates have
filed petitions at the Anambra governorship election petition tribunal.
The parties and their candidates are challenging the victory
of the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma
Soludo.
It was gathered that the petitioners were able to beat the
deadline for the expiration of the 21 days stipulated by the Electoral Act for
the filing of petitions against the outcome of the Anambra state gubernatorial
elections.
The political parties, between Monday and Tuesday, made the
last-minute filing of their petitions as against expectations in some quarters
that it would be a walkover for the Governor-elect.
Secretary of the tribunal, Barr Surajo Gusau disclosed to
our correspondent the candidates and political parties who have filed petitions.
Among the parties are; Sen Andy Uba of the All Progressive
Congress (APC) who is calling for a declaration that he won a majority of the
valid votes cast in the said election.
The Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, Prince
Adam Ume-Ezeoke, in their petition prayed the tribunal for the nullification of
the election on the grounds that the Bi-Modal Accreditation Verification System
(BVAS) is not in the Electoral Act and the malfunctioning ultimately
disenfranchised over 90 percent of the registered voters.
Also, the candidate of the Accord (A), Dr. Godwin Maduka,
and his party called for the nullification of the election on the ground of
irregularities.
Other parties include the United Patriots, which petitioned
the tribunal on the grounds of wrongful exclusion of the party name from the
ballot calling for the nullification of the election as well as the Green Party
and the Action People’s Party (APP) among others.
It was gathered that the three-man panel of Tribunal Judges
is expected to arrive in Anambra State soon.
Special Adviser to Gov Wille Obiano on Political Matters,
Barr Ifeatu Obiokoye told journalists that APGA is not losing sleep over the
petitions.
He said: “We shall take it as it comes and we are not losing
sleep over those petitions and do not lose sight of the game plan of a
particular party and petitioner by sponsoring some lesser political parties to
go to tribunal and later withdraw from the suits and collapse into their
benefactors at the end of the day.
“Our party the All Progressives Grand Alliance won the
election and we are prepared to defend our mandate at the tribunal.”
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