Kogi East Senatorial: Tribunal sacks Sen Jibrin Isah, orders supplementary election

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The Kogi East Senatorial Election Tribunal on Tuesday sacked Senator Jibrin Isah, the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tariffs, on the

The Tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a supplementary election in the affected 94 polling units.

Adoji, through his Counsel, Mr Johnson Usman , challenged the return of Jibrin Isah on the grounds that elections were cancelled in some polling units where the PVCs collected were more than the margin of his win. Delivering a unanimous judgement of the Tribunal, Justice K.A. Orjiako agreed with the submission of Usman and annulled Isah’s victory and ordered the withdrawal of his certificate of return.

 

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