The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Mutfwang winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state after he scored 525,299 votes to defeat 17 other candidates, including Goshwe, who polled 481,370. Goshwe challenged Mutfwang's election at the tribunal, claiming that the governor was not validly nominated and sponsored by his party and that PDP has no structure to sponsor any candidate for the governorship election.
He told the court that the case of the appellants is that the 2nd responded , was not qualified to contest election by virtue of lack of valid sponsorship by a political party, contrary to section 177 of the 1999 Constitution. Olagoke said his submission was predicated on various court judgments including decisions of the appellate court, adding that the court is bound to abide by the decisions for consitency.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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