The election tribunal sitting in Kaduna has thrown out the petition by Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Lawal Adamu Usman (Mr LA) challenging the declaration of Uba Sani as the duly elected lawmaker representing Kaduna Central senatorial district in the February senatorial election.
In his ruling, Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice A.H Suleiman, said the petitioner could not sustain his petition as the evidence adduced were based on hearsay.
The tribunal had about three days ago struck out a similar petition against Uba Sani by former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani for lack of merit.
Justice Suleiman held that the PDP Candidate failed to prove any of his allegations of Corrupt Practices, Over voting and election violence.
In his reaction to the judgement, Lawal said his team would study the judgment before taking the next step.
“We are today more convinced of the beauty of democracy which provides judicial avenues for seeking redress. As thoroughbred democrats, we never doubt the impartiality of the judiciary even though as humans, judges too, do have their individual set of biases.
”The justice system involves several steps and we shall explore all available windows to the final stage,” the PDP candidate was quoted in a statement signed by his Media consultant, Abdulazeez Sulaiman.
