A Nigerian Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State nullified the election of former Senate President David Mark in a ruling delivered by Justice Olabisi Ige.
The court ruled on six grounds of an appeal brought against a lower tribunal ruling which earlier upheld Mark’s election last month. In ruling on the appeal brought by Daniel Onjeh, the South Benue Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Justice Ige ruled that the election of Mr. Mark was fraught with so many irregularities that it failed all tests of “freeness and fairness”.
In particular, the court noted that Mr. Mark’s election results had been pre-written on March 28 before proper collation and announcement was made on March 30. The appeal panel ruled that a fresh election be conducted in 90 days in the senatorial zone.