Court dismisses Gov Suswam's application

The governorshipelection petitiontribunal sitting in Makurdi, on Thursday, dismissed the application of Governor Gabriel Suswam, urging the tribunal to strike out the petitions of opposition candidates for lack of merit and ordered the immediate commencement of re-trial.The tribunal, however, adjourned till Monday, December 19, for the commencement of hearing of the petitions.Governor Suswam had, through his counsel, urged the tribunal to strike out the petitions on the ground that the 180 days for entertaining the matter had elapsed.The governorship candidates of All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Professors Daniel Saror and Steve Ugba, had been on legal battle with the governor over the last April governorship election until the Supreme Court, a few weeks ago, ordered for the re-trial of the petitions, directing that the petitions should be heard on their merit.The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Halima Mohammed, who read the ruling on Thursday said that the tribunal had to comply with the order of the apex court to re-try the petitions on their merit so as not to shut the door against the opposition parties.
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