Former Senate President, David Mark is allegedly making moves to persuade his opponent in the last election to withdraw the suit against from court.
David Mark
According to Dailypost, former Senate President, David Mark is reportedly making attempts to talk his political opponent, Dan Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress, APC to settle their case out of court.
It should be recalled that David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party and Dan Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress contested the Benue South Senatorial seat in the March 28 National Assembly election. David Mark emerged as the winner of the election with the opponent charging him to the election tribunal over electoral fraud.
The odds seem to be against David Mark as investigation of sensitive election materials have revealed the number of votes for Senator David Mark during the election were more than the accredited numbers. And also, some of the witnesses of David Mark allegedly backed out at the last tribunal hearing to hid disadvantage. This has forced David Mark to push for a negotiation.
Dailypost reporter gathered that efforts to sit Onjeh down for a one-on-one chat with Mark by his associate had being futile, as the opponent seems to be adamant and was not ready to shift ground.
“Onjeh is not ready to meet with or entertain any offer from Mark and his loyalists. They have tried as much as possible to bring him for a one-on-one meeting with Mark but it did not yield any fruit,” a source said.
When Daily Post contacted Onjeh, he confirmed that some close associates of the former Senate President had being wooing him on his behalf to give up on the case but that he was not ready sell his mandate.
“Like I said earlier, I won the election convincingly and we are on our way to reclaim our stolen mandate. No retreat, no surrender,” Onjeh affirmed.
However, when an aide to the former Senate President was contacted, he refuted the claim making reference to the margin of victory senator David Mark recorded.