Justice Theodora Uloho-led three-man panel of the Adamawa State Governorship Electoral Petitions Tribunal on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by Dr. Umar Ardo, Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate against Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
In the petition filed on May 8, 2023, Ardo had joined INEC, Fintiri, and 16 others as respondents.
Alleging corrupt practices, threat and violence, he prayed the tribunal to nullify the entire exercise.
Justice Theodora Uloho, while deliveringthejudgement, held the petition filed lacked in merit, defective and incompetent.
“The petition is incongruous and not properly instituted before the tribunal. The petitioners are not certain about what they want,’’ she declared.
The Informant247 gathered Justice Uloho also awarded a sum of N200,000 in favor of INEC, Governor Fintiri, his Deputy Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, and PDP.
In his reaction, Sylvester Emmanuel, counsel to Ardo, said the petitioner would file a petition to upturn the verdict.
Reacting to the tribunal’s judgment also, Adamawa’s deputy governor, Mrs Kaletapwa George-Farauta, described it as victory for democracy.