A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) court has upheld Hon. Christopher Maikalangu’s election as Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
The three-man tribunal, which included Hon. Justice S. B Belgore (Chairman), Hon. Justice Yusuf Halilu (member 1), and Hon. Justice Jude O. Onwuegbuzie (member 2), unanimously dismissed the August 5 judgment of the FCT Area Council Election Tribunal, which declared Hon. Murtala Usman Karshi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 12 election. The justices stated that the lower tribunal’s decision was not only evil, but also invalidated all of Nigeria’s democratic achievements.
Hon. Justice Yusuf Halilu said the lower tribunal erred by ignoring contradictory evidences before it in suit FCT/ACEAT/AP/01/22, which had Maikalangu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as appellant and Murtala Karshi and three others as respondent.
“There is no doubt that the APC as a party was faced with legal battles following the party primaries to nominate a flag bearer for the AMAC election held on February 12th, 2022.” It is also undeniable that the first respondent, Murtala Usman Karshi, was involved in the aforementioned altercation, which eventually landed parties before the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which eventually declared the first respondent as the winner of the APC primary for AMAC.
Is it possible to collate results without polling units?” It is indeed an election process in which votes are cast at polling units, results are collated by electoral officers, and results are announced for all to hear. If that is the case, who should be contacted if there is a complaint based on incorrect data collation? Is it a polling unit agent or the ward supervisor? A polling unit agent is the solution.