The Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has nullified the election of the former Senate President, Senator David Mark.
The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] to carry out a re-run of the Benue South Senatorial election.
This is a fall out of the appeal by the All Progressives Congress [APC] candidate, Comrade Daniel Onjeh against the Tribunal Judgement upholding Senator Mark’s election.
A visibly excited Onjeh, the man who took Mark to court exclaimed: “Hurray! Thank God I have been vindicated! “
Reacting to the Appeal Court’s decision, David Mark who was a former senate president, says he won the March 28 parliamentary election in Benue south senatorial district and will repeat the feat if the elections were to be conducted “100 times”.
In a statement issued on his behalf by Paul Mumeh, his spokesman, the fifth term legislator called for calm over the appeal court ruling.
The court had upturned his victory and ordered the Independent national Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election within 90 days.
But Mark says his people love him and would stand by him again in the fresh election.
“I won the election clean and clear. If we go back to the polls 100 times, I will still win convincingly,” the statement read.
“Whatever the situation may be, one thing I know is that my people are solidly behind me.
“They also appreciate the fact that I have done more than enough to lift up Idoma nation to a position of eminence in the contemporary political history of Nigeria.”
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