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Plateau LG Tribunal: Ubandoma, PDP
close case as Nanloh APC open defence on Thursday.
By Lovins Yakubu
April 15, 2019
Hearing in
the petition of Ubandoma Joshua Laven and the People's Democratic Party (PDP)
against Kwarnim Nanloh Amos of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the
Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission for the chairmanship of Langtang
North Local Government Council has closed as the defendants open their defence
in few days.
Judiciary Correspondent
who was at the Plateau State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal
sitting at West of Mines reports that a total of 38 witnesses testified during
the hearing.
Testifying,
the 38th witness who is also the 1st petitioner Laven Ubandoma in his
statement on oath and answering questions under examination by his counsel,
Harrison Uguala, told the tribunal that the 10th October 2018 Local Government
Elections for Langtang North was declared inconclusive on 11/10/18 but was
taken aback when he heard on air on the 16/10/18 PLASIEC declaring the results
and returning Kwarnim Nanloh Amos as duly elected.
While
tendering his letters of complaint to PLASIEC on the wrong declaration of results, the witness prayed
the tribunal to do justice in his petition and do the needful having scored the
highest votes cast during the election.
Answering
questions under cross examination by counsel to the first, second and third
defendants, Zurfa Rimven, Eric Danboyi and Ledak Dafer in that order, Joshua Ubandoma
while standing by his earlier submissions stated that due to the restriction of
movement during the said election, he could not go round all the 114 Polling
Units but was aware that election was not conducted in Miam Polling Unit of
Pajat Ward.
On further
Cross examination, the witness disclosed to the tribunal that he did not have
summary of the result sheet by PLASIEC but the collated results from polling
units.
While
calling on the tribunal to use its wisdom to intervene, the petitioners closed
their case and the matter was adjourned to Thursday 18th April 2019 for the
defendants to open their defence.
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