The Governorship Election Petitions
Tribunal constituted to hear grievances
arising from the conduct of the June 21
governorship election in Ekiti began
sitting on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria , ( NAN )
reports that the Chairman of the
Tribunal , Justice Muhammad Siraj of the
Federal High Court, Jos Division , was the
only judge that appeared at the
inaugural sitting.
The presiding judge , at the sitting struck
out a motion ex- parte filed by the
petitioner , the All Progressive Congress
( APC) , seeking to compel INEC to allow
it inspect the materials used for the poll.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria ( SAN ) , Mr
Lateef Fagbemi , who is the head of the
APC ’s legal team made the request on
behalf of his clients .
He was however represented at the
inaugural sitting by another lawyer , Mr
Kabir Akingbolu .
The 1 st and 2 nd respondents , Mr Ayo
Fayose and the PDP , did not make any
legal representation at the tribunal ’s first
day of sitting .
The APC had last weekend headed for
the tribunal to seek invalidation of
Fayose ’s election , saying he was not fit
to contest the election .
It is also asked the tribunal to declare
that the action of the Chief of Army Staff ,
as well as IGP ’s deployment of over
36 , 000 armed men to secure the poll
was illegal , null and void.
That panel has 180 days to try the case
in consonance with the provisions of
Section 134 of the Electoral Act ,
commencing from the day it was filed at
the tribunal .
NAN reports that entrances to the State
Judiciary Headquarters, venue of the
tribunal , were on Wednesday secured by
scores of fully armed security men .

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Even the defeated governor conceded after the results were announced, this is waste of time and money.