5 Candidates Drag Obaseki To Election Tribunal
October 13, 2020
7:30 am
Five political parties and their candidates have dragged Godwin Obaseki, the re-elected governor of Edo state to the Election Tribunal, challenging his declaration as the winner of the 19 September poll.
But for now, the bailiff has not been able to personally serve Obaseki with the petitions.
The Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Sunday Martins, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday.
Martin’s said that the 21-day window period for the submission of petitions ended on Saturday.
He said that the governor ‘must be served personally because it is an originating process.’
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