The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the House of Representatives member representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency in Kogi State, Mohammed Lawal following the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate, Aloysius Okino.
Lawal who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had earlier won at the elections petitions tribunal in the state.
In its ruling, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct rerun elections in 21 polling units in the constituency.
In a similar judgement, the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto state has ordered for a fresh election in the Sokoto North/Sokoto South Federal Constituency of Sokoto state sacking Alhaji Bala Hassan of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 election, Abubakar Abdullahi had filed the appeal against the judgement of the Election Tribunal which upheld Hassan’s election.
Delivering the verdict, Justice Frederick Oho of the Court of Appeal said the appeal succeeded.
Justice Oho ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct rerun election within 90 days.
