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Kogi Guber Poll: Faleke Heads to the Election Tribunal
Posted by George on Mon 21st Dec, 2015 - tori.ngJames Abiodun Faleke has headed to the election tribunal to challenge the decision of INEC during the gubernatorial election in Kogi state.
James Abiodun Faleke
Mr. James Faleke, running mate to late Abubakar Audu of All Progressives Congress in Nov. 21 governorship poll in Kogi, has filed a petition at the State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
Faleke, accompanied by Mohammed Audu, son of Abubakar Audu, and lawyers, submitted the petition to the clerk of the tribunal at about 12.20 p.m. in Lokoja on Monday
Hundreds of party members and supporters converged on the state High Court premises, venue of the tribunal, to witness the event.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, reports that the Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Akanji Akinlabi, who received the petition, said the contents were yet to become public.
NAN reports that Faleke is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC), decision which declared the election inconclusive.
Faleke, accompanied by Mohammed Audu, son of Abubakar Audu, and lawyers, submitted the petition to the clerk of the tribunal at about 12.20 p.m. in Lokoja on Monday
Hundreds of party members and supporters converged on the state High Court premises, venue of the tribunal, to witness the event.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, reports that the Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Akanji Akinlabi, who received the petition, said the contents were yet to become public.
NAN reports that Faleke is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC), decision which declared the election inconclusive.
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