The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has affirmed the victory of Alex Otti as the duly elected governor of the state.
The panel presided over by Justice, H. T. D. Gwadah, on Friday, October 6, dismissed the petition filed by Okey Ahiwe, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to the Presiding Justice, the petitioners, the PDP and others, “failed in their three grounds and their petitions dismissed for lack of merit.”
The three grounds of Ahiwe petition include, non-qualification of Otti to contest the governorship election, non-membership of the LP and provision of authentic National Youth Service Corps certificate and inability to prove corrupt practices.