The court of appeal sitting in
Kaduna has nullified the election of Alhassan Doguwa, the house of
representatives majority leader from Kano state.
At its sitting on Monday, the
court ruled that the election that produced Doguwa, a member of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), was marred by irregularities.
It ordered that a fresh poll be
conducted in the Tudunwada/Doguwa federal constituency,
Yusha’u Salisu, candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, had gone to the election
petition tribunal to challenge Doguwa’s victory on the grounds of alleged
irregularities.
The tribunal, however, dismissed
his petition after ruling that he failed to prove the allegations against the
APC lawmaker’s election.
But in an unanimous judgement,
the court of appeal set aside the tribunal’s judgement and held that there were
indeed irregularities in the poll.
It also held that the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) erred to have omitted other parties while
declaring the final results of the election.
It subsequently ordered the
commission to conduct a fresh poll in the constituency within 90 days.
Doguwa’s loss comes days after an
appellate court also nullified the election of another top APC lawmaker in the
lower legislative chamber.
The court sacked Jibrin
Abdulmumin on the grounds that the final result contained in Form EC (8)E was
mutilated.
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