former Senate President, David Mark finally appeared in court in
person to defend his fifth term victory against his opponent, Daniel
Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress.
However, the embattled senator refused to testify from the witness box.
Mark
was dragged to the tribunal by his only contender, Onjeh over his
declaration by INEC as the winner of the Benue South Senatorial
election.Onjeh had argued that the elections were marred by several
irregularities and substantial breaches of the Electoral Act 2011 as
amended.
He
also averred that INEC officials were compromised and voters were
financially induced by the PDP agents at the various polling units in
the district.
The petitioner, therefore, urged the court to nullify the election and order for fresh poll.
Mark’s Counsel, Mr Kenneth Ikonne, had told the tribunal that his client would be appearing in person to testify today.
However,
Mark who arrived in court in company of some loyalists on Thursday
refused to enter the witness box to defend his victory.
More to come…
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