Enugu Gubar: Four dangerous things will happen at the Supreme Court – LP warns before judgment
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The Labor Party LP has reiterated that the judgments of various electoral tribunals and the Court of Appeal against Enugu State governorship candidate Chijoke Edeoga and some members of the party do not reflect the electoral position of the people of the state.
The party pointed out that the court and the Court of Appeal had not considered that evidence.
In a statement signed by National Secretary Mallam Umar Farooq, the party listed the following evidence: “Peter Mbaha of the PDP submitted forged documents at the time of election and was not eligible to hold the office of Governor of Enugu State” his NYSC in violation of Section 182(1)(j) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. He submitted a certificate of exemption to INEC.
“Evidence to prove this was obtained from the NYSC Certification Director, who was subpoenaed by the court and said that Mr. Mba was in possession of a fake NYSC certificate. Earlier, the NYSC Director General, Brigadier YD Ahmed appeared on state television ARISE TV and said that Mbaha openly displayed a fake NYSC certificate.
“The Labor Party candidate also submitted a NYSC disclaimer dated 02/02/23 which was admitted as Exhibit EPT01/8A&B. PW2 of the law firm Omas & Partners was also a subpoenaed witness. Who was the person who wrote to NYSC to confirm Mba’s NYSC discharge certificate? She submitted the original letter of disclaimer from NYSC and the letter to NYSC as evidence.
“Also submitted was a letter of appointment dated July 14, 2003 appointing him as Chief of Staff to the then Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, who claimed to be serving in Lagos as a member of the Corps.
“Mr Mba’s Form EC9 (Nomination Form and Affidavit of Personal Information) was also submitted as evidence by the INEC staff, confirming that the said forged NYSC certificate was attached to his Form EC9.
“This was also tendered, but the statements of various witnesses in support of over-voting were insufficient, the violations alleged by candidates for Nkanu East and Igboze North Local Government Areas, and INEC’s failure to cancel the results. Rejected by the Court of Appeals and the Court of Appeal on the grounds that: Areas where overvoting occurred as defined in the Elections Act.
“We must remind INEC and all those who love democracy that in Enugu State, the Labor Party won two out of three Senate seats, seven out of eight House of Representatives seats and a majority 14 out of 24 in the State House of Assembly. The judiciary is trying to hand over the governorship to another political party.
“Our position is that if this is challenged in the Supreme Court, four serious and dangerous things will happen: the will and aspirations of the Enugu people as expressed in the March 8 voting pattern will be undermined; , the forgery of NYSC certificates and indeed other certificates.” If legalized, it would destroy the NYSC as a trusted state institution in this country and hurt the military, which oversees it as a paramilitary organization.
“Our appeal, therefore, is for the Supreme Court to carefully consider all the evidence and law in the Enugu case and to do justice and nothing else.”
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