The petition by Labour Party candidate Chief Frank Chinasa, seeking to overturn the election of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who represents the Bende federal constituency and is the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, was rejected by the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Tuesday.
The petition was dismissed by the three-person tribunal for lack of merit in a unanimous ruling that was read by its chairman, Justice Samson Paul Gang.