inThe panel headed by Justice Muhammed Shuaibu in a ruling on Saturday affirmed the election of Agbedi, who was the candidate of theThe panel, which also includes Justice Habeeb Abiru and Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri, dismissed as unmeritorious the appeal filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Michael Olomu.
The tribunal also held that the total number of registered voters in the affected polling units and wards in both LGAs totaling 26,471 were deemed to have been disenfranchised during the polls as a result of violence. It upheld the PDP candidate’s appeal on the grounds that the court of first instance ought to have relied on the number of Permanent Voter Cards collected and not the number of registered voters in the federal constituency, to determine the case.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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