The election petition tribunal sitting in Enugu on Friday removed Governor Sullivan Chime of the Peoples Democratic Party.

It also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh election within three months starting from the day of the ruling. It said that the election that brought in was not conducted in accordance with the Electoral Act, 2006, and that majority of the electorate in the state were disenfranchised as they were not allowed to vote and exercise their constitutional right.

In the consolidated suit brought by the DPP and Egwonwu, the tribunal said that the petitioners were able to prove that majority of the electorate were not allowed to vote during the election. Ottah stated that the 17 witnesses - one from each of the 17 local government areas in the state - were able to prove that the election was “not substantially in compliance with the Electoral Act,” describing the witnesses as “witness of truth.”

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While Nigeria has had a successfull change in presidents, this story seems to indicate that Nigeria is not so politically stable after all. The amount of the electorate that were not allowed to vote indicates a large problem with the nigerian voting policy, at least in this area.