Tribunal dismisses PDP's application to recount the July 14 Ekiti State governorship ballot
The Ekiti Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the recount of ballot papers used in the July 14 poll. PDP and its candidate, Olusola Kolapo are challenging the outcome of the election in court. The respondents in the matter are Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress (APC) and Kayode Fayemi, the winner of the election. Ruling on the application, the Chairman of the three-member tribunal, Justice Bolaji Belgore , declared that the application lacked merit. Belgore noted that Ekiti had 177 wards with 2,197 polling units in 16 local government areas but the petitioners only complained of 325 polling units in their petition before the tribunal. The chairman said PDP and its candidate did not complain about all the 2,197 polling units in the state. “To pray for recount in all wards and polling units across t...