Posted on: 12:44 Sat, 28 Nov 2015



A Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi,
the capital of Benue State has
nullified the election of former
senate president, David Mark.

The Makurdi division of the Court of
Appeal on Saturday, ordered a re-
run of the poll within 90 days.

The All Progressives Congress (APC)
senatorial candidate for Benue
South, Mr Donald Onjeh had
challenged the decision of the
National and State Assembly Election
Petitions Tribunal, which upheld the
victory of Senator Mark of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Mr Onjeh’s lawyer, Adetunji Oso, also
urged the Appellate Court to allow
his appeal and set aside the decision
of the Tribunal.

He said the court erred when it held
that the papers tendered by his client
were mere documentary hearsay.

The documents, according to Mr Oso,
demonstrated that while the collation
of results for the Benue South
senatorial district’s election on
March 28 was still ongoing in seven
of the nine local government areas,
the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), declared Senator
Mark winner of the poll.