#BBB NEWS| INEC Declares David Mark Winner Of Benue South Senatorial Rerun

The Peoples Democratic Party has won the Benue South rerun election, making its candidate, David Mark, return to the 8th Senate, from which the court ejected him a few months ago.

In Saturday’s election, Mr. Mark, former President of the Nigerian Senate, (2007-2015), was declared winner amid protests by his challenger, who demanded that the election be declared inconclusive.

The former Senate President defeated his sole challenger, Daniel Onjeh, a 41-year old former students’ leader, who contested on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The rerun was conducted after the Appeal Court annulled the March 28, 2015, election of which Mr. Mark was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

#BBB NEWS| Appeal Court Sacks Former Senate President David Mark From Senate

A Nigerian Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State nullified the election of former Senate President David Mark in a ruling delivered by Justice Olabisi Ige.

The court ruled on six grounds of an appeal brought against a lower tribunal ruling which earlier upheld Mark’s election last month.

In ruling on the  appeal brought by Daniel Onjeh, the South Benue Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Justice Ige ruled that the election of Mr. Mark was fraught with so many irregularities that it failed all tests of “freeness and fairness”.