The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice M. K Akano, had on Thursday reserved a ruling after the counsels to the parties argued for and against the granting of the application.
Delivering a ruling in the application, on Saturday, the Chairman held that the application was on a “fishing expedition”.
The petitioner was seeking for answers to Mbah’s appointments as Chief of Staff, commissioner for finance, when he was called to the Nigeria Bar and institutions he attended.
“Based on Mbah’s reply to the petition, the court in its considered ruling said that those questions could be elicited during cross examination or through the petitioner during evidence,” he said.
The chairman also adopted the argument made by Mr Ikechukwu Onuoma, counsel to Gov. Mbah, that the application was an attempt for the petitioners to amend their petition based on paragraph 14 (1) of the first schedule of the electoral Act.
