ABUJA– The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, declined to sack the member of the House of Representatives for Askira-Uba/Hawul Federal Constituency of Borno State, Dr. Midala Balami.
Dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, the APC and its candidate lodged a three-ground petition at the tribunal, insisting that Balami was not a valid candidate in the election. The Appellants equally faulted INEC’s declaration of Balami as winner of the contest, arguing that he was not duly elected by majority votes cast at the election.They told the tribunal that whereas election was cancelled in 10 polling units in the constituency due to malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines and violence, election did not hold at all in one polling unit.
It held that the case of the petitioners contained pre-election issues that were not within the purview of an election petition tribunal.
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