{"id":96182,"date":"2023-09-26T22:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship"},"modified":"2023-09-27T00:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T23:12:39","slug":"tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal knocks out suit against C\u2019River deputy gov\u2019s dual citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition brought by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Prof Sandy Onor, against Governor Bassey Otu and Deputy Governor Peter Odey, of the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n

Onor had in the petition alleged that the deputy governor, Odey, swore allegiance as a British citizen.<\/p>\n

The tribunal held that issues concerning Otu\u2019s qualification and Odey\u2019s dual citizenship were pre-election matters and therefore statute barred.<\/p>\n

In addition to its position that the dual citizenship issue was statute barred, the tribunal held that the petitioners did not show exhibits to prove their case neither were there any averments shown.<\/p>\n

The tribunal also ruled that the petitioners lacked the locus standi to raise questions concerning membership of political parties, as the matter was a pre-election issue.<\/p>\n

Dismissing the petition without cost, the tribunal upheld Otu\u2019s election as governor of Cross River State.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition brought by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Prof Sandy Onor, against Governor Bassey Otu and Deputy Governor Peter Odey, of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Onor had in the petition alleged that the deputy governor, Odey, swore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":96181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,649,254,65],"class_list":["post-96182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-cross-river","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"\nTribunal knocks out suit against C\u2019River deputy gov\u2019s dual citizenship - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition brought by the Peoples Democrat ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tribunal knocks out suit against C\u2019River deputy gov\u2019s dual citizenship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition brought by the Peoples Democrat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-26T21:01:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-26T23:12:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1695753588.788269.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tribunal knocks out suit against C\u2019River deputy gov\u2019s dual citizenship\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-26T21:01:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-26T23:12:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1695753588.788269.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Cross River\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-knocks-out-suit-against-criver-deputy-govs-dual-citizenship\",\"name\":\"Tribunal knocks out suit against C\u2019River deputy gov\u2019s dual citizenship - 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