Breaking: Tribunal dismisses proxy petition filed by APC and others ADP & Emmanuel Iboi V Godwin Obaseki




ADP & Emmanuel Iboi v. lNEC & 4 Ors.


Tribunal' Judgment. Second issue for determination: held that the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) did not present either false or forged documents to the 1st Respondent (INEC). Court held that the report presented by the Petitioners expert witness is not reliable. And that the Judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja has already resolved the issue and that the 3rd Respondent is not bound to attach his certificates to  his INEC Forms 001 or EC 9. The 3rd Respondent did not give any false information to aid his qualification in the light of the Affidavit of loss of documents dated 7 June 2016, attached to his INEC form 001 of 2016. The Petitioners made a faulty step in calling an expert witness instead of calling someone from the University of Ibadan, the maker of the certificate. Held: the Petitioners have failed to prove the case of forgery or presenting false documents against the 3rd Respondent, (Godwin Obaseki).


Held: that the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) met the constitutional requirements of being educated up to school certificate level, and eminently qualifed to contest the September 19 Edo Governorship election.


Held: that the issue of double nomination against the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) is in meritorious and must fail.


Finally, the Petitioners and APC have not proved their case and this petition is accordingly dismissed. 'And the return by the 1st Respondent of the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) as the winner of the Edo Governorship election on September 19 2021 is accordingly affirmed by this Tribunal.


@Haggai Metus reporting.


ADP & Emmanuel Iboi v. lNEC & 4 Ors.


Tribunal' Judgment. Second issue for determination: held that the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) did not present either false or forged documents to the 1st Respondent (INEC). Court held that the report presented by the Petitioners expert witness is not reliable. And that the Judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja has already resolved the issue and that the 3rd Respondent is not bound to attach his certificates to  his INEC Forms 001 or EC 9. The 3rd Respondent did not give any false information to aid his qualification in the light of the Affidavit of loss of documents dated 7 June 2016, attached to his INEC form 001 of 2016. The Petitioners made a faulty step in calling an expert witness instead of calling someone from the University of Ibadan, the maker of the certificate. Held: the Petitioners have failed to prove the case of forgery or presenting false documents against the 3rd Respondent, (Godwin Obaseki).


Held: that the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) met the constitutional requirements of being educated up to school certificate level, and eminently qualifed to contest the September 19 Edo Governorship election.


Held: that the issue of double nomination against the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) is in meritorious and must fail.


Finally, the Petitioners and APC have not proved their case and this petition is accordingly dismissed. 'And the return by the 1st Respondent of the 3rd Respondent (Godwin Obaseki) as the winner of the Edo Governorship election on September 19 2021 is accordingly affirmed by this Tribunal.


@Haggai Metus reporting.

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