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Edo election tribunal warns lawyers, petitioners


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11 May 2011

Edo election tribunal warns lawyers, petitioners

The three-man election tribunal that handles all petitions pertaining to the April polls in Edo State was inaugurated yesterday in Benin City. The panel is headed by Paul Obi Elechi, and supported by Dije Abdul Aboki and Olayinka Gbajabiamila.

Mr Elechi, in his address at the end of the inauguration, wasted no time in warning litigants, their lawyers and officials of the state government against offering bribes to his colleagues, urging them to take such gifts to the nearest charity homes in the state if they were inclined to philanthropy.

Reading the riot act to all those who might be affected by the work of the tribunal, Mr Elechi said he and his colleagues were sent to dispense justice in all election petitions filed before them and they would do so dutifully. He said members of the tribunal had been adequately taken care of and that his team were determined to do their best in the discharge of their assignment.

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