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Viewing cable 07LAGOS729, Southern Nigeria Election Tribunals Rule On Challenges

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07LAGOS729 2007-11-07 15:19 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Lagos
VZCZCXRO0493
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHOS #0729/01 3111519
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 071519Z NOV 07
FM AMCONSUL LAGOS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9572
INFO RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA 9329
RHMCSUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LAGOS 000729 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/W 
STATE FOR INR/AA 
DOE FOR CAROLYN GAY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
SUBJECT: Southern Nigeria Election Tribunals Rule On Challenges 
 
1. (U) Summary: Election tribunals in Nigeria's     southern states 
continued to hand down rulings, some of which may be appealed. 
Bayelsa and Ogun State tribunals ruled against Action Congress (AC) 
and All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) challengers in governorship 
elections. House races were overturned in Oyo State. While the 
tribunal in Ekiti warned election officials that they would be 
arrested if they failed to comply with subpoenas, the Edo State 
Election Commissioner continued to ignore subpoenas with impunity. 
End Summary. 
 
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Bayelsa: Tribunal Upholds Governor Sylvia's Victory 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
2. (U) On November 5, Bayelsa State Election Tribunal dismissed AC 
Governorship Candidate Ebitimi Amgbare's petition. The tribunal 
ruled that Ebitimi failed to prove that the April 14 election was 
marred by irregularities.  The tribunal also faulted Amgbare's claim 
that the governorship election really never took place in Bayelsa 
State. Accordingly, the tribunal upheld the election of Chief 
Timipre Sylva as governor. 
 
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Ogun:  ANPP Candidate Failed to Confirm Affiliation 
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3. (U) On October 19, the Ogun State Election Tribunal dismissed the 
challenge to Governor Daniels' election filed by ANPP candidate 
Senator Ibikunle Amosun.  The tribunal ruled that Amosun failed to 
establish under which political party he ran for governorship. The 
tribunal also dismissed two other petitions by ANPP candidates 
challenging the election of Ogun State House of Assembly members. As 
in Amosun's case, the tribunal said the ANPP challengers failed to 
establish to which political party they belong. Senator Amosun has 
alleged the tribunal members accepted bribes from Governor Daniels, 
but ANPP has not yet filed a legal action against the tribunal.  The 
tribunal has not yet ruled on the petitions brought by Action 
Congress (AC) Governorship candidate Dipo Dina and by Democratic 
Peoples Alliance (DPA) candidate Gbenga Kaka. 
 
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Oyo: Five State House Elections Overturned 
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4. (U) The Oyo State Election Tribunal has ruled on five petitions 
involving the April 14 State House of Assembly election. The 
tribunal resolved three petitions against sitting House members and 
ordered that their opponents be installed. In two additional cases, 
the tribunal ordered fresh elections. The tribunal has yet to rule 
on three petitions challenging the election of the sitting governor. 
 On October 26, ANPP Governorship candidate Abiola Ajimobi and AC 
candidate Taoheed Adedoja told Poloff that they believe the tribunal 
is proceeding fairly.  Ajimobi predicted the tribunal will rule on 
the petitions before January 2008. 
 
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Ekiti: Police Aided Ballot-Snatching Thugs 
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5. (U) The Ekiti State Election Tribunal threatened to arrest three 
officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) if 
they continue to ignore the tribunal's subpoena. The tribunal issued 
this warning following testimony from AC gubernatorial candidate 
Kayode Fayemi alleging INEC was frustrating his attempt to inspect 
election materials by failing to appear and to bring the relevant 
documents.  On October 29, two key witnesses for Fayemi told the 
tribunal that the police aided thugs who snatched ballot boxes 
during the governorship election.  They alleged that the thugs 
prevented voters from voting and forcefully took away ballot papers 
and other election materials.  On October 31, the tribunal dismissed 
a People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate's petition against the 
election of AC's Edward Ashaolu to the State House of Assembly. The 
tribunal also dismissed a petition filed by Adebayo Ayeni, United 
Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP) governorship candidate. 
 
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Edo: Election Commissioner Defies Subpoena 
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6.  (U) On October 30, the Edo State Election Tribunal again 
subpoenaed the Resident Electoral Commissioner, who failed to appear 
in response to a subpoena issued on September 28, to appear before 
the tribunal and bring with him election materials and documents. 
Following the failure to appear, AC candidate Adams Oshiomhole 
publicly predicted that he would emerge from the tribunal the 
 
LAGOS 00000729  002 OF 002 
 
 
winner. Sitting Governor Osunbor fired back, accusing Oshiomhole of 
attempting to intimidate the tribunal. 
 
HUTCHINSON