Guber elections: Tribunals deliver landmark judgements, as fear grips LP over Abia

<p>Governorship Election Petition Tribunals delivered what could be called landmark judgements across the States over the week.</p>, <p>So far, only one governor was axed by the tribunal. Others had their victories validated, at latest for now.</p>, <p>The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, secured victory in some states.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that the tribunal, last week, upheld the victory of the PDP in Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu and Zamfara States, dismissing the petitions filed before it by the APC and the Labour Party.</p>, <p>In Plateau, the tribunal affirmed the election of Governor Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected governor of the State.</p>, <p>A three-member panel of the tribunal led by Justice Sunday dismissed the petition filed by APC and its Governorship candidate, Nentawe Yiltwatda for lacking in merit.</p>, <p>Similarly, the court affirmed the election of Senator Bala Mohammed as the duly elected governor of Bauchi State. The judgement was delivered by the three-man panel headed by P.T Kwahar.</p>, <p>The panel dismissed the petition of APC and its candidate, Sadique Abubakar, a former Chief of Air Staff, challenging the re-election of Mohammed for a second term.</p>, <p>DAILY POST also recalls that the PDP also retained its victory in Enugu as the tribunal upheld the election of Governor Peter Mbah.</p>, <p>The three-member panel of the tribunal led by Justice Kudirat Murayo dismissed the petitions of the Labour Party and its candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, insisting that they could not prove their petitions.</p>, <p>In Zamfara State, the tribunal dismissed the petition by the APC and its governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, challenging the declaration of Dauda Lawal of PDP as the winner of the 18 March governorship election.</p>, <p>The tribunal declared that APC failed to prove the allegation of exclusion of the results from Maradun Local Government and that the election was not conducted in some wards in the State.</p>, <p>APC on the