Tarzoor takes case to Supreme Court, files 9 grounds of appeal
The Benue State gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections, Prince Terhemen Tarzoor, has approached the Supreme Court to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal.
In a nine grounds notice of appeal signed by the senior legal counsel to the appellant, J O Adesina SAN, filed on November 26, 2015, at the Appeal Court, Makurdi Division, for onward transmission to the apex court, the appellant expressed dissatisfaction with the entire ruling of the lower court.
It will be recalled that shortly after the April 11th 2015 polls, Tarzoor had resort to legally challenge the outcome but both the tribunal and the court of Appeal in Makurdi variously held verdicts in favour of the respondents Samuel Ortom, of the All Progressives Congress.
A member of the legal team to Tarzoor, G L Usongo Esq who spoke to our correspondent in Makurdi yesterday after filing the appeal disclosed that highlights of the grounds were to the effect that the burden of proving the primaries of APC was squarely, on APC and not Tarzoor as “erroneously” held by the court of appeal.
He stated amongst other things that “assuming the burden was on him, he conveniently discharge the burden by proving clearly that the APC in Benue conducted no primaries to elect any candidate for the polls in question”.
Source: http://thenationonlineng.net
In a nine grounds notice of appeal signed by the senior legal counsel to the appellant, J O Adesina SAN, filed on November 26, 2015, at the Appeal Court, Makurdi Division, for onward transmission to the apex court, the appellant expressed dissatisfaction with the entire ruling of the lower court.
It will be recalled that shortly after the April 11th 2015 polls, Tarzoor had resort to legally challenge the outcome but both the tribunal and the court of Appeal in Makurdi variously held verdicts in favour of the respondents Samuel Ortom, of the All Progressives Congress.
A member of the legal team to Tarzoor, G L Usongo Esq who spoke to our correspondent in Makurdi yesterday after filing the appeal disclosed that highlights of the grounds were to the effect that the burden of proving the primaries of APC was squarely, on APC and not Tarzoor as “erroneously” held by the court of appeal.
He stated amongst other things that “assuming the burden was on him, he conveniently discharge the burden by proving clearly that the APC in Benue conducted no primaries to elect any candidate for the polls in question”.
Source: http://thenationonlineng.net
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