Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,151,544 members, 7,812,709 topics. Date: Monday, 29 April 2024 at 05:50 PM

David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment - Politics - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment (15662 Views)

Metuh Has No Right To Announce Date Of PDP Convention — Okupe / Tension In Jos As Election Tribunal Set To Rule On Plateau Gov. Elec. Today / David Mark's Victory Upheld By Benue Tribunal (2) (3) (4)

(1) (2) (Reply) (Go Down)

David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by agabusta: 6:13pm On Sep 17, 2015
[size=13pt]Petitioner asks court to nullify former Senate President’s election[/size]

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/petitioner-asks-court-to-nullify-former-senate-presidents-election/

Makurdi – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 28 senatorial election for Benue South, Mr Daniel Onjeh, has asked the Justice Mosumola Dipeolu-led National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi to nullify the election and order a fresh election.

Onjeh said this on Thursday during the adoption of the final addresses of all the parties in his petition challenging the election of Sen. David Mark of the PDP in the election.

He said that the result forms produced by INEC did not reflect the actual votes cast during the senatorial election in the zone.


The petitioner tendered several relevant documents, including his written statement, on oath and certified true copies of result sheets from the nine LGAs to prove his case.

In his submission, counsel to Onjeh, Mr Tunji Oso, alleged that Mark was prophetically declared the winner by INEC while collation of results were still ongoing in seven local government areas of the zone on March 29.

Oso further alleged that there was no evidence of holding of election or collation in 107 polling units across the senatorial zone as form EC8A (1) for the said polling units were not produced by INEC.

He submitted that the results of seven local government areas, Agatu, Obi, Okpokwu, APA, Ado, Ogbadibo and Oju which were proved to be collated on March 29 could not be part of the votes upon which Mark was returned since he was declared winner on March 28.

He urged the tribunal to expunge the votes of the identified local government areas from the total votes of parties where Mark supposedly polled 99,538 votes while Onjeh polled 50,115.

Oso pointed out that votes were only validly collated in Ohimini and Otukpo local government areas where Onjeh polled a total number of 16,033 votes while Mark polled a total of 27,137 votes.

The Petitioner’s counsel insisted that more than half of the votes cast and more than half of the polling units where elections were supposed to have been held were vitiated and invalidated.

He, therefore, urged the tribunal to nullify the election and order for fresh poll.

Oso noted that it was a settled law that where more than half of total votes cast or half of total polling units is vitiated, the tribunal ought to nullify the entire election.

However, counsel for Mark, Mr Kenneth Ikonne, urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition, arguing that all the allegations in the petition were criminal in nature and the onus rested on the petitioner to prove it.

Ikonne said the petitioner alleged irregularities, malpractices, allocation of votes, multiplication of figures, over-voting, over accreditation, concoction of results but failed to prove his case.

Counsel for PDP, Mr Chris Alechenu, aligned himself with the submissions of Ikonne and also urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition.

The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Mosumola Dipeolu, commended the parties in the matter and informed them that judgment date would be communicated to them through the tribunal Secretariat.(NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/petitioner-asks-court-to-nullify-former-senate-presidents-election/
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by agabusta: 6:14pm On Sep 17, 2015
From the look of things, Senator David Mark may have to prepare for another election. This Onjeh guy seems to have pursued his case to a very logical conclusion smiley smiley



Afam4eva, OAM4J, Lalasticlala, your attention is needed smiley

***
He looks cool and may turn out to be a very responsible senator. But that is left to Benue peeps to decide, if indeed a re-run is ordered.

8 Likes

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Imortal001: 6:14pm On Sep 17, 2015
Ok
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by TonyeBarcanista(m): 6:16pm On Sep 17, 2015
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by TonyeBarcanista(m): 6:18pm On Sep 17, 2015
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by SonOfTheLion(m): 6:25pm On Sep 17, 2015
Check my SIGNATURE. Bella rocks

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by GabrielSuswam(m): 6:26pm On Sep 17, 2015
The Great Okpokpwuru
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by IYANGBALI: 6:26pm On Sep 17, 2015
David MARCH,going going...........GONE grin

10 Likes

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by yemiuk: 6:26pm On Sep 17, 2015
Nah real wa oooo
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Bibors(m): 6:26pm On Sep 17, 2015
Naija season /series movies
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by kay29000(m): 6:26pm On Sep 17, 2015
Hmm! Naija and its different episodes of Super Story.
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by wasco24: 6:27pm On Sep 17, 2015
kiss
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by damton(m): 6:27pm On Sep 17, 2015
David mark has done his part. in the event he loses, he should honourably quit. 15years in the hallowed chambers is not a child's play

3 Likes 1 Share

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by okooloyun1(m): 6:28pm On Sep 17, 2015
.
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by DICKtator: 6:28pm On Sep 17, 2015
grin grin grin grin
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Nobody: 6:28pm On Sep 17, 2015
agabusta:
From the look of things, Senator David Mark may have to prepare for another election. This Onjeh guy is seems to have pursued his case to a very logical conclusion grin
smiley
his conclusions are irrelevant, if i must say... "wen disagreement emerge, the truth will be unveiled. no mind dem. politics at its peak
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by fredosky111(m): 6:28pm On Sep 17, 2015
Onjeh shud go nd rest
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by themilanway(m): 6:29pm On Sep 17, 2015
Just the way his boss Jona was booted out and sent packing back to Otuoke,Mark should gather his belongings no matter how heavy or small it might look.

He is returning to Otupko sooner than he anticipated.

The senate is not his birth place and birth right.

18 Likes

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Leyemoshood: 6:29pm On Sep 17, 2015
he should start packing grin

1 Like

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by 360degree(m): 6:29pm On Sep 17, 2015
Jonathan to Otueke
David Mark to Oktupo

14 Likes

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by baloney: 6:30pm On Sep 17, 2015
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by fyna: 6:31pm On Sep 17, 2015
Mark most go...

1 Like

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by BCISLTD: 6:31pm On Sep 17, 2015
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Anikulhapo(m): 6:32pm On Sep 17, 2015
Mark Is Going Deeper And Deeper, Omi Aye Ti N Gbe Lo
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by babadem2much(m): 6:33pm On Sep 17, 2015
David should start parking , I will pay for the charter .

1 Like

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by vicadex07(m): 6:34pm On Sep 17, 2015
OMASE O... embarassed

AND HE WAS ONCE THE NUMBER 3 MAN IN THIS COUNTRY... sad

PDP...TAKE HEART EHN...I HEARD YOU GUYS HAVE NOW RELOCATED TO ZIMBABWE

https://www.nairaland.com/2600060/pdp-emerge-strong-opposition-party

THAT SHOULD SERVE AS ENOUGH CONSOLATION grin

1 Like

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Tonnierichy(m): 6:37pm On Sep 17, 2015
G
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by Nonybb: 6:37pm On Sep 17, 2015
Somebody should STOP this APC. I hate that party with PASSION

1 Like

Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by klassd(m): 6:37pm On Sep 17, 2015
Jail time
Re: David Mark: Counsels Close Case, Benue Tribunal Set To Announce Date Of Judgment by SweetJoystick(m): 6:39pm On Sep 17, 2015
Waiting patiently

(1) (2) (Reply)

April Polls: President Jonathan Should Not Abandon PDP Governors By Obinna / FG Begins Shortlisting Candidates For 500,000 Jobs – Lai Mohammed / Fayemi Weeps As Olayinka's Body Arrives Ekiti

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 21
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.