The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Cross River State has struck out the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Sandy Onor, against the election of Bassey Otu of the All-Progressives Congress (APC).
According to the judgment delivered by the panel, the petition was dismissed for lack of merit.
The PDP candidate challenged the declaration of Otu by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the March 18 poll in the South-South state.
In another ruling, the Gombe State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against Governor Inuwa Yahaya and his Deputy Manassah Daniel of the All-Progressives Congress (APC).
The ADC was challenging the declaration and return of Yahaya over alleged multiplicity and variations in the arrangement of names on the certificates of his deputy without accompanying affidavits, saying their ticket was rendered invalid.
The court struck the matter, saying it was a pre-election matter and that the deputy had met the minimum certificate requirement to run.
