I have lived outside Nigeria for six years; getting an education was tough as my parents are anything but wealthy, but I did strive hard to excel in school so that I could have a better life. I graduated, obtained […]
In what many have described as a travesty of justice, the Justice Nasir Gunmi led Delta State Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, last week dismissed the petition of the APC candidate, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, which sought to challenge the declaration […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday closed its defence at the Delta State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, but without calling any witness. The All Progressives Congress and its candidate, O’tega Emerhor, are challenging the declaration, by […]
The Delta state election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, on Tuesday, frowned at the failure of the counsel to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr D. D. Dodo (SAN) to commence their defence by calling their witnesses listed to appear […]
There was drama at the Delta State governorship tribunal sitting in Asaba on Friday 18th September, 2015, when against heightened expectations of further legal fireworks, the second respondent, PDP, announced the closure of its defence without bothering to call any witness. The […]
Yesterday, a subpoenaed INEC staff, Mercy Ehikhametalo, attempted to tender card readers accreditation status report as at April 16th and an Asaba INEC version of certified polling unit results on behalf of Okowa/PDP, but was denied by the tribunal. These […]
The tribunal sitting in Asaba, on Monday 14th Septemeber, admitted documents “R1” filed by the first respondent (Okowa) in response to the petitioners (Emerhor/APC). The first witness for OKOWA/PDP was a farmer/business man named Nkechukwu Akozor a native of Ndokwa, and […]
Two weeks ago, I visited Asaba. The last time I visited the town was in 2012, while I was a youth corper in Enugu. I visited Benin and Warri often and had cause to travel through (and to) Delta. On […]
The Delta State election tribunal proceeded with a hearing on Friday, 28th August. The counsel to the petitioner (Emerhor/APC), Chief Okpoko (SAN), drew the attention of the tribunal to the failure of INEC to properly certify results from polling units […]
