Why tribunal recorded zero petition in Jigawa – Gov. BadaruWITH the conclusion of the 2019 general polls, focus has shifted to the judiciary where 77 election tribunals constituted by President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, are addressing 766 petitions.
Following recent and supplementary elections held last week in Lagos and other states, the figure may increase as aggrieved aspirants have 21 days after the election to file petitions. Governor of the state, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, while receiving the report of the 2019 general elections presented by the 2019 campaign council in Dutse, stated that the elections in Jigawa were very peaceful and credible hence no one is aggrieved.
According to data released by Engr Iro Gambo, director Voter Registry of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC, dated April 19, 2017, the electoral body conducted 167 elections after the 2015 electoral cycle and most of them by the Professor Yakubu Mahmood regime. And upturned elections for which certificates of return were issued by court order were as follows, North-Central, five; North-East, three; North-West, one; South-East, four; South-South, eight; and South-West, two.
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, sitting at the Court of Appeal Headquarters, Abuja received four petitions challenging the return of President Buhari as winner of the February 23 presidential poll.
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