Ogboru In Possession of 5,375,672 Documents, Set To Make Presentation At Tribunal

Chief Great Ogboru, Delta State All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate is set to tender 5,375,672 documents to the Justice Suleiman Belgore led Delta State Elections Petition Tribunal Panel.

The documents amongst others are polling unit voters register for the 3894 polling units, including that of registration areas/ wards.

Other to be tendered are forms EC8A, EC8B, EC8C, EC8D, and EC8E used for the March 9th Delta State gubernatorial election from polling unit, ward, local government area and State levels.

According to The Nation, Nichols Ichekor, counsel to the APC had Thursday at the resumed hearing tendered polling units voter register numbering about 320 documents for Aniocha South, Ndokwa East, Bomadi and Burutu L.G.A’s.

Meanwhile, the legal teams of both the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have had a hectic time sorting and inspecting the voluminous documents in the last four days.

Ogboru dissatisfied with the victory of Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa at the governorship polls, he petitioned the tribunal seeking legal redress.

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He request that the tribunal declares 215,938 total votes for him, while that of the 1st respondent (Okowa) and 2nd respondent (PDP) should be 155,192 votes.

He is also seeking that the certificate of return issued to the 1st and 2nd respondents be declared null and void.

The petitioner wants to be returned having scored the highest number of lawful votes cast and that the 3rd respondent (INEC) should issue the petitioner’s with the certificate of return as duly elected Governor of Delta State.

Alternatively, the election to the office of Governor of Delta State held on March 9th be nullified and fresh election ordered.