Yankuba
Colley, the national mobiliser of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic
Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party, has filed an election petition
for and on behalf of five thousand, three hundred and thirty voters against the
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the Returning Officer of the IEC, Adama
Barrow and the Attorney General of The Gambia.
The
petition filed by the APRC national mobilizer seeks the apex court’s
jurisdiction to declare the 1st December 2016 presidential election conducted
by the IEC “null and void”.
The
petition alleged that the 1 December 2016 presidential election was marred by
several electoral irregularities and malpractices.
Meanwhile,
the Supreme Court of the Gambia will commence sitting on Monday 9 January
2017.
