Election tribunal upholds Fayose’s election as Ekiti Governor.

The Election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, today upheld the The Ekiti state governorship election that returned Governor Ayodele Fayose to office.

The panel stated that the petitioner were unable to present concrete evidence to support the claims of corrupt practices at the polling units and did not comply substantially with the provisions of the Electoral Act. They stated,
“The testimonies of these witnesses are unsatisfactory and their inability to give the names of the polling units as well as the names of their agents at those unnamed polling units shows that most of them that gave evidence of these alleged non compliance did not vote at the election as such their testimonies failed to support their claims. None of them gave evidence on the improper accreditation or manipulation of accreditation. The petitioner failed to substantiate the allegation of improper accreditation or non accreditation of voters “