Cross River North Senatorial by-election: Tribunal upholds Odey’s victory

Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Calabar, at the weekend, upheld the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr. Stephen Odey, in the Cross River North Senatorial District by-election.
The tribunal struck out the two grounds of appeal filed by Joe Agi (SAN) for lacking in merit and held that they were pre-election matters that could best be determined by the High Courts.
Agi had filed a petition to wit that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Odey and Jarigbe Agom) were