The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the elections of Samuel Ortom of Benue State and his counterpart in Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
In two separate judgments on Tuesday, a seven-man panel, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, dismissed the two appeals filed by Emmanuel Jime. and his counterpart in Adamawa State. While summarising his decision, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who read the lead judgment in the Benue appeal, said a thorough analysis of the evidence presented by the appellants showed they failed to discharge the burden of proof place on them by the law.
Justice Mohammed said it is the law that card reader reports cannot supplant voters’ register in proving over-voting.
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According to the congregation of moral decay-Padap, democracy was not in danger of a nuclear peril there. As a matter of fact, the Supreme Court became the hope of the common man there!
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