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Plateau
North Senatorial Seat: UPP tells tribunal that Petitioner was Candidate for Plateau
South not Plateau North.
By
Udante Ugante
July
29, 2019
The UPP has confirmed forwarding the name
of Inuwa Sanusi as it's candidate for Plateau South Senatorial Zone in the
election held on 23rd February 2019 in which Senator I.D. Gyang emerged
victorious in Plateau North. This disclosure came up at the Election Tribunal
sitting in Jos when the UPP through its National Secretary Alh.Sadeeq Masalla
testified that it forwarded the name of Inuwa Sanusi as its candidate in the
23th Feb. 2019 Senatorial election for Plateau South.
In both his witness statement and
testimony, Masalla told the Tribunal that both he and the National Chairman of
the party signed and endorsed the appropriate INEC Form CF002 and forwarded
same to INEC. He confirmed to the
Tribunal that the forms were filled by all their candidates across the nation
while the Party's National Chairman and National Secretary only endorse same
after which it is forwarded to INEC including that of Inuwa Sanusi.
Inuwa Sanusi under cross examination made
frantic effort to disown the form in issue. A Certified True Copy of the form
from INEC was however tendered in evidence before the Tribunal.
It would be recalled that Sanusi Inuwa had
petition the Election Tribunal alleging that the Logo of his party the UPP was wrongly
excluded by INEC in the Senatorial election of Plateau North in the Election of
23rd February 2019. He is therefore asking the Tribunal to cancel the victory
of Senator I.D. Gyang and conduct a fresh election.
Senator I.D Gyang and the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP who are respondents in the suit submitted that Inuwa Sanusi couldn't have contested the
election in Plateau North Senatorial District as his party the UPP fielded him
as their candidate for Plateau South Senatorial District as evidenced by form
CF200 which it rightly submitted to INEC.
INEC's representative testifying before the
Tribunal confirmed that form CF200 which was a Certified True Copy from INEC.
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