Just In : Tribunal upholds Otti’s victory as Abia governor
The Abia state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the state capital, Umuahia has upheld the victory of the state governor, Alex Otti.
Tribunal on Friday upheld the March 23, 2023 Governorship election
This came after the Tribunal struck out the petition filed by the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Okey Ahiwe of lacking in Merit.
Okey and his party had filed a petition seeking for the removal of Dr. Alex Otti as the Governor of Abia state on the grounds of non-conformity with section 77 of the electoral act and other related matters.
The court struck out the motion stressing that it remains a pre-election matter and not to be entertained by a post election tribunal.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had in March, declared Otti of LP as the duly elected Governor of Abia, with 175,467 votes.
Okey Ahaiwe of the PDP came second with 88,527 votes, while Enyinnaya Nwafor of the YPP came third with 28,972 votes.
