2023 polls: Court sends Elisha Abbo, Bagos, 16 others packing from NASS

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Many members of the National Assembly have received the big stick from the Court of Appeal after losing out in their election litigation battles. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are witnessing an unprecedented level of judicial verdicts, with a number of them shockingly sent packing after five months.

In this report, DAILY POST reviews the grounds for the removal of some of the members. In the Senate, five lawmakers have so far been sacked by the Court of Appeal. APC lost seats and gained two seats. The PDP gained three seats but lost two, while the Labour Party lost one seat. In the House of Representatives, no less than 12 lawmakers have been sacked by the Court. Out of the twelve sacked, eight of them are members of the PDP, three are on the LP platform and one from the APC.

House of Representatives Simon Bagos, Beni Lar, Isaac Kwalu and Peter Gyendeng, Plateau PDP The Court of Appeal in Abuja sacked the four of Simon Bagos, Beni Lar, Isaac Kwalu and Peter Gyendeng as members of the House of Representatives from Plateau State. The four lawmakers are also the victims of the pre-election matter affecting PDP members from Plateau State. The Court affirmed that the issue of party structure is both pre-election and post-election.

 

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