*Maku
Former Minister of Information and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the April 11 election, Mr. Labaran Maku has failed to prove his petition that the April 11 governorship election was marred by irregularities, says the Nasarawa Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday.

Tribunal Chairman, Justice Halima Mohammed, described Maku's petition as generric, vague, unclear and ambigous and  threw out  the petition for lack of merit.

In a three-hour judgment, Justice Halima Mohammed, said the petitioner failed to provide evidence and thereby dismissed all the reliefs sought.

Justice Mohammed  said the petitioner failed to provide substantial evidence to proof that the election was marred with irregularities.

She said Maku also failed to prove his allegations of over voting and unlawful cancellation of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

According to her, the petitioner’s witnesses gave contradictory submissions during cross examination.

She further added that the allegations raised by Maku in his petition were “generic, vague, unclear and ambiguous.”

According to the judge, “by the provisions of Section 139 of the Evidence Act, the petitioner mostly relied on the standard and quality of his evidence to justify his claims.”

She said the basic substances were not thoroughly presented by the petitioner in the course of the trial, and  dismissed the petition for lack of merit.