The Court of Appeal Abuja has affirmed Jibrin Isah’s Victory as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs.
During the judgment held on Thursday, November 2, the appellate court noted that the witness on which the tribunal relied its judgment, was incompetent.
The court subsequently removed the exhibits presented by the witness from the records.
Thereafter, the appellate court, set aside the judgment of the tribunal and affirmed Isah’s victory.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Isah of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kogi East Senatorial District election, but Isah’s victory was challenged by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second in the election, Victor Adoji.
Adoji held that the elections were cancelled in some polling units where the permanent voter cards (PVCs) collected were more than the margin of win.
He, however, pleaded with the tribunal to nullify the victory of Isah and ordered a supplementary election in the affected 94 polling units in the senatorial district.
In a unanimous Judgement, the tribunal ordered a rerun in 94 polling units where there were irregularities in the last general election.
Not pleased with the judgment, Isah filed an appeal against the decision of the lower court.
