Miscalculations of Abia Election Tribunal

THISDAY ONLINE: "Ihe judgment in the governorship election petition brought by Onyema Ugochukwu, the PDP Candidate against Chief T.A. Orji, Governor of Abia, the P.P.A. candidate, which was delivered on 25th February, 2008, has quite rightly, generated considerable controversy and criticism. The problem with the judgment, unlike that of the Presidential Election Tribunal, was not lack of thoroughness or superficiality. No. The Abia State Tribunal was thorough and painstaking and infact detailed in its consideration of the issues and authorities. What went wrong was its inexplicable, almost perverse decision, contrary to its findings on one issue, and failure to give proper consideration to what constitutes a secret society and resignation in the other issues."