A court of appeal sitting in
Abuja, on Monday, declared the seat for the Kogi East senatorial district
vacant.
Delivering the leading judgement
in a pre-election matter instituted before the appellant court, Justice Abdul
Aboki, held that, the previous judgement of the court of appeal which brought
Senator Attai Aidoko to the Senate was in error, hence its nullification.
Recall that, erstwhile Senator
and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isaac Alfa, had appealed against
the judgement of court of appeal of 14th December 2016, which nullified his
election and installed Aidoko.
The Supreme court, therefore,
referred the matter to the court of first instance to look into the
pre-election matter with merit.
While the matter was being heard
at the trial court, Senator Aidoko also filed an application at the appeal
court, seeking an interpretation to the judgement of the apex court, on the
eligibility of a candidate to the senate seat.
Consequently, the appellant court
revised itself on its ruling of December 14th2016 and ordered Aidoko to vacate
the seat, pending the determination of the court of first instance.
The implication of today’s
judgement has left the people of Kogi East without a Senator in the 8th
Assembly.
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