BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks, Fines APC Senator, Declares PDP Natacha as Winner
- Senator Sadiku-Ohere of the APC has been sacked by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition court in Kogi State
- The court then declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the PDP as the authentic winner of the February 25 Kogi Central Senatorial election
- The court then ordered Sadiku-Ohere to pay N500,000 to Akpoti-Uduaghan for the cost of the petition
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FCT, Abuja - The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition court in Kogi State has sacked Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) as the winner of the February 25 Kogi Central Senatorial election.
According to Daily Trust, the chairman of the tribunal, Justice K.A. Orjiako in, in his ruling on Wednesday, September 6, said Akpoti-Uduaghan garnered 54,064 votes while Sadiku-Ohere scored 51,291 votes.
The court then fined Sadiku-Ohere to pay N500,000 to Akpoti-Uduaghan for the cost of the petition.
He added that votes of the PDP candidate in the said election were intentionally reduced in 9 polling units by the INEC Ward Collation officers.
Justice K. A. Orjiako also stated that 3 other polling units' results were deliberately not entered for the PDP candidate in the same LGA.
The tribunal chairman said Natasha results in the 9 polling units of Ajaokuta LGA was 1,073 against the 77 that was recorded by the Ward Collation officers, stressing, that of the APC candidate was inflated to 1,553 against the actual figure of 1,031.
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“The Tribunal is also convinced that the petitioner’s 996 votes in polling units 009, 046 and O49 polling units of Ganaja village of Ajaokuta LGA was deliberately not recorded at the Ward Collation centre,” Justice Orjiako held.
The tribunal added that it is not the duty of collation officers to reject results submitted by presiding officers from polling units in election that followed the electoral guidelines substantially.
Source: Legit.ng
