Quote: But Uduaghan rejected INEC’s position saying only the court could determine his tenure."

Uduaghan wants 8 years as a result of the fraud he perpetrated in the first election. How about this? He spends 4 more years, goes for a send term in 2015, rig it, get challenged and  Delta State holds a re-run in 2019. Uduaghan wins that re-run and spends another 4 years. That way Uduaghan can have a tenure of 16 years instead of a maximum of 8 years - all because of "STRATEGIC" rigging.

Why won't he be willing to fight it in the courts - he is not working for his money, and its not like he cares about law or the people for that matter!

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed that
the tenure of Delta State governor-elect, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, ends on
May 28, this year.

By the INEC position, Uduaghan, who emerged winner of Thursday’s re-run
governorship election, has less than five months to spend in office and
would have, by that, completed a term of four years.

A statement by INEC said the agency had put the rerun election behind it
and was preparing for a governorship election in Delta, holding in April.

Kayode Idowu of INEC explained thus: "Under the law, there is going to be
election in Delta State because it is contained in the electoral act that the
time a governor spent in office before the date his election was annulled
shall be taken into account.

"That provision is in the electoral act and the electoral act is a subsisting
law."

But Uduaghan rejected INEC’s position saying only the court could
determine his tenure.

http://www.africanexaminer.com/INEC0110

Thanks INEC for dat clerification from the electoral act pespective. Thats d way it shld be so that we dnt end up setting a negative precedence which others may explore 4 thiere self use. Delta state shld get ready for another election in 3months time.

@poster, Are u very sure? I guess Deltains would have learnt from their horrid mistake. Come April and we would flush the bad eggs of the government house.