The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue state today affirmed the
decision of the state election petition tribunal to uphold the February
20th 2015 election of former Senate President, David Mark for the Benue
South Senatorial district. APC candidate in the election, Daniel Onjeh,
had petitioned the state election tribunal over Mark’s victory at the
polls.
The election tribunal in its ruling on June 30th
dismissed Onjeh’s objection saying he failed to file in his objection
within the 21-days from the election as enshrined in the constitution. A
dissatisfied Onjeh headed to the Court of Appeal to ask for an overturn
of the tribunal’s decision.
In its ruling today, Justice Oyebisi Omoleye agreed with the lower tribunal in dismissing Onjeh’s petition.