{"id":94659,"date":"2023-08-21T19:41:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kaduna-election-tribunal-lp-loses-petition-against-pdp-house-of-reps-candidate"},"modified":"2023-08-21T22:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:39:47","slug":"kaduna-election-tribunal-lp-loses-petition-against-pdp-house-of-reps-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-election-tribunal-lp-loses-petition-against-pdp-house-of-reps-candidate","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna election Tribunal: LP loses petition against PDP House of Reps candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Monday dismissed the petition brought by the Labour Party\u2019s House of Representatives candidate for Kachia\/Kagarko federal constituency, Augustine Danbaba Umar, seeking to invalidate the election of David Umaru Gurara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Gurara was declared the winner and returned to office by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the election of February 25, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Not satisfied with the outcome of the election, Umar filed a petition at the tribunal seeking to invalidate Gurara\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>However, Justice Chudi Nwankwor, while delivering judgement on the matter, dismissed the petition and awarded N500,000 to Gurara.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Atung, counsel to the respondent, while fielding questions from newsmen, said the petition filed by the Labour Party candidate was dismissed by the tribunal for lack of merit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Monday dismissed the petition brought by the Labour Party\u2019s House of Representatives candidate for Kachia\/Kagarko federal constituency, Augustine Danbaba Umar, seeking to invalidate the election of David Umaru Gurara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. 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