The Plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos has affirmed the election of Caleb Mutfwang of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as the Governor of Plateau State
Nentawe Yiltwatda of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had approached the Tribunal challenging the declaration of Mutfwang by INEC, alleging that as at the time of the election, Mutfwang was not qualified to contest having not been validly nominated and sponsored by his Party, PDP, because the Party had no structure as at the time of the said election.
However, in its judgment on Friday, the three-member panel of the tribunal led by Justice Sunday dismissed the Petition for lacking in merit.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Muftwang the winner of the poll after polling 525,299 votes beating Yiltwatda, who polled 481,370 votes during the March 18 election.
The tribunal had earlier dismissed the petition filed by the governorship Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Alfred Dabwan against Governor Mutfwang.
Dabwan had approached the tribunal seeking the nullification of the poll over the alleged exclusion of his party’s logo on the ballot by INEC.
