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August 5, 2015

Plateau tribunal orders inspection of election materials

By Marie-Therese Nanlong

Jos—The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, Wednesday, ordered the inspection and analyses of all the election materials used in the last governorship .

The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the said election, Senator Gyang Pwajok, had petitioned the tribunal seeking the nullification of the election of Mr. Simon Lalong of All Progressives Congress, APC.

The tribunal’s Chairman, Justice Johnson Candide, said so far 10 PDP witnesses testified before the court and that the pre-hearing trial session report was relevant in the application brought before it through counsel to Pwajok, Yilji Gomwalk, his running mate, and PDP.