Tribunal sacks Taraba gov, declares APC Alhassan winner

The tribunal held that all votes cast to the governor on April 11 were wasted and declared Alhassan, who scored the next highest votes, winner of the election.
The tribunal ordered INEC to immediately withdraw the certificate of return issued to the governor and issue fresh one to Alhassan.
But the tribunal had dismissed the allegations by Alhassan and her party, the APC, to the effect that the April 11 election was marred by over-voting ‎as the number of votes recorded during the election was more than the number of voters accredited by card reader.

The tribunal held that mere reliance on accreditation using card reader was not sufficient to prove over-voting.
The tribunal had earlier dismissed the four notices of preliminary objections filed by the respondents which challenged the jurisdiction of the tribunal and the locus standi of the petitioners to file the petition.

SOURCE: PUNCH