NAssembly Tribunals to decide 400 cases, end sittings
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunals will end their proceedings this week as they prepare to deliver judgments of 400 election petitions.
In the past weeks, the panels had overturned the victories of no fewer than four senators and seven members of the House of Representatives in the polls held on February 25, 2023.
Among the recently ousted Senators were Emmanuel Udende (APC, Benue North East), Isah Jibrin (APC, Kogi East), Abubakar Ohere (APC, Kogi Central), and Thomas Joel-Onowakpo (Delta South).
In Delta, Senator Joel-Onowakpo faced a re-run election in the Delta South Senatorial District on the orders of the tribunal.
Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, Fred Agbedi, the PDP candidate for Sagbama/Ekeremor federal constituency, was also removed by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Bayelsa State.
A fresh election was ordered in specific polling units to rectify the exclusion of 26,000 registered voters.
In a related development, the LP candidate for Ebonyi South Zone, Linus Okorie, has lashed out at the Minister of Works, David Umahi, for saying he had the right to choose who will succeed him at the Senate.
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunals to end all sittings in each state this week includes, Enugu, Delta, Warri, Kogi, ogun, Benue, Bayelsa, Lagos and Cross River.
