A three-man panel led by Justice Samson Paul-Gang in its unanimous ruling yesterday dismissed the petition of the People’s Democratic Party’s Mao Ohuabunwa and Labour Party’s Nnamdi Iro-Orji for lacking merit.
The court while upholding the victory of Kalu who is representing Abia-North Senatorial district in the Senate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, said that his election complied with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
The tribunal judges also faulted the arguments of both petitioners that the election did not hold in over one hundred and twenty polling units mainly in Ohafia and Arochukwu Local Government Areas of the zone.
Iro-Orji and Ohuabunwa who came second and third in separate suits had asked the court to overturn the election of the former Abia Governor as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, alleging irregularities.
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