Court Sacks PDP Lawmaker From House Of Representatives
- Gifts victory to PRP candidate
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The National and States Assembly Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) sitting in High Court 4, Jos, the Plateau State capital, has nullified the election of Hon. Musa Avia Agah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Court on Friday held that Agah, representing Bassa/Jos-North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, was not validly nominated by the PDP for the bye-election conducted on February 26, 2022.
The Tribunal also declared that Agah did not score the highest valid votes in the election and therefore ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to return Muhammad Adam Alkali of the Peoples’ Redemption Party (PRP) as the valid winner of the bye-election.
The tribunal in a consensus judgment led by its chairman, Justice Hope O. Ozoh, Khadi Usman Umar, and Justice Zainab M. Bashir held that the petitioners have proved their case beyond doubts.
