Omo-Agege: Tribunal judgment unexpected, but we keep hope alive

on Friday. The three-man panel held that the petitioner failed to prove the allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act and corrupt practices beyond reasonable doubt.“The outcome is not what we expected.

“In relation to the instant petition, these are the most particularly evident in sections 137 and 73 and paragraph 46 of the Act mandating the Tribunal on how to properly handle the required evidence duly placed before it by the petitioners in proof of the petition and corroborated by INEC itself.

“As chief proponents of a clean electoral system, we disagree that ballots obtained in manifest breach of the Electoral Act and our Constitution are lawful and valid votes in the 2023 Delta State Governorship Election. Further, we also do not believe that the law permits the Tribunal to do nothing having found as a matter of fact and consistent with the petition that votes were arbitrarily inflated in favour of our opponents.

“Also, we do not believe that today’s judgment is in consonance with the letters and spirit of the new Act which, for the first time in our electoral history and jurisprudence, now unequivocally mandates a Tribunal to reject and cancel an election conducted at a polling unit if the serial numbers and other identities of the electoral materials used are not formally recorded into the INEC prescribed forms.

Omo-Agege further described the tribunal judgment as a “grave injustice that will not stand appellate scrutiny”.“I call on our people to remain calm and law-abiding. We came into this race to rescue our beloved Delta State knowing that it will not be a smooth sail. So, keep hope alive. With God, we shall get to our destination under His abiding grace,” Omo-Agege said.

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