Election Tribunal Admits N15m Exhibit Against REC, Mr. Abu Zarma
The Yobe State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Damaturu has admitted two exhibits which showed that the sum of fifteen million naira (N15 million) was lodged into the bank accounts of Mr. Abu Zarma, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state.
According to the statement that occupied the exhibits tendered before the tribunal, the N15 million bribe was paid into the bank accounts of Zarma few days before the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the state, reports Vanguard.
Two officials of Diamond Bank Plc and Zenith Bank Plc, tendered the exhibits before the tribunal currently conducting its proceedings in Abuja.
The bankers were subpoenaed to appear before the tribunal as witnesses in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, #PDP, and its governorship candidate in the state, Alhaji Adamu Waziri.
The PDP and its candidate are praying the tribunal to annul the election of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of the All Progressives Congress, #APC.
The petitioners alleged that the election that produced Gaidam was marred by several electoral malpractices and substantial non-compliance to the Electoral Act.
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