The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to present any witness to defend the allegation of malpractice in the election that produced Peter Mbah as governor of Enugu State.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that INEC, on 22 March, declared Mr Mbah, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the 18 March governorship election in the state.
Mr Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest challenger and the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, who scored 157,552.
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Frank Nweke Jr, garnered 17,983 votes to come third, while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Uche Nnaji, was fourth, with 14,575 votes.
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The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu State has commenced sitting on the petition filed by the Labour Party and its candidate Chijioke Edeoga against the election of Dr Peter Mbah as the governor of the state after the Sallah break.
Edeoga and his party are challenging the election of Governor Mbah on grounds that he did not secure the highest lawful votes cast in the March 18 governorship election and that the respondent, submitted a forged NYSC discharge certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission in an effort to secure his election.