Tribunal nullifies Ilorin-South APC's lawmaker poll

Date: 2019-09-18

Kwara State Election Petition Tribunal, on Tuesday, delivered a judgment, nullifying the election that produced S Hassan Elewu, as the House of Assembly member, representing Ilorin-South State Constituency.

The Tribunal in its judgment also ordered that fresh election should be conducted in the Ilorin-South State Constituency within three months.

It is recalled that in the petition number KW/EPT/HA1/2019, Jimoh Raheem Agboola with his party, PDP, through their Counsel, Abdulwahab Bamidele, Esq., A.A. Ibrahim, Esq. and a host of other counsels were the petitioners seeking legal redress on the House of Assembly poll for the Ilorin-South region on the premise that the candidate returned by INEC as the winner of the election was not qualified to contest the said election.

In the judgment delivered by the tribunal and read by Justice Mariya M. Ismaila, the issue of jurisdiction was resolved against the respondents: Sulaiman Shehu Abdulsalam, APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The tribunal on its stance over jurisdiction to entertain the matter, held that it had the prerequisites powers to hear the petition and that it is fortified by the provision of section 138 (1) (a-e) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) On the merit of the petition, Justice Mariya Ismaila resolved the issue against Agboola and PDP on the basis that they failed to prove the allegation of forgery and deposition to false affidavit raised against the 1st Respondent.

On the question of who was the actual candidate of the APC for the poll between Elewu and Shehu, the Tribunal posited that Shehu's name is contained in the Election results declared by INEC and a rebuttable presumption existed that Sulaiman Shehu Abdulsalam was the candidate presented by the party (APC). However, the Tribunal further found that since all the Respondents have deposed that Hassan Elewu is the candidate of the APC, the presumption that Sulaiman Shehu Abdulsalam is the candidate of APC has been successfully rebutted.

In the circumstance, the tribunal nullified the poll that was conducted with respect to Ilorin-South state constituency election, ordered INEC to withdraw any Certificate of Return already issued in respect of the said election and ordered fresh election which the tribunal held must be conducted within three months.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulQowiy Olododo     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Adesoye College     Jebba     Ilofa     Tsaragi/Share     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     A.E. Afolabi     Balogun Ajikobi     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Olatunji Bamgbola     Kayode Ogunlowo     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Sadiq Buhari     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Abubakar Atiku     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Balogin Alanamu     Ajikobi     Ekiti     Gamji Members Association     Bisi Oyeleke     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Kwara University Of Education     Olabode George Towoju     Code Of Conduct     Atiku Abubakar     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Amusement Park     Unilorin     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Elesie Of Esie     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Femi Ogunsola     Shaaba Lafiagi     Yetunde Balogun     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Grillo     Ijagbo Health Centre     Apaola     Alabere     Minister     TESCOM 2025     Oke-Ogun     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Nnazua     Oro Grammar School     Okanlawon Taiwo     Sebastine Obasi     Owu Fall     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Ilota     Kayode Ibrahim     SARS     Oya State     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Aremu Odolaye     Public Holiday     Kwarareports     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     James Kolo     Student Learning Support Helpline     Adedipe     Titus Ashaolu     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     CUTI     Lanre Issa Onilu     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Saeedat Aliyu     Vasolar Consultoria     MalHub     Imam Gambari     Mohammed Yahaya Barki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

TESCOM     Seni Saraki     Amina El-Imam     The Herald     Ajayi Okasanmi     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ahmed Bayero     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Makama Of Ilorin     Jide Oyinloye     COVID     Ado Ibrahim     Mubarak Oladosu     Bamidele Aluko     Funke Adedoyin     Ajase-Ipo     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Garba Idris Ajia     Saheed Akinwumi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Shero     Owo Arugbo     Paul Olawoore     Bayo Ajia     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Ijagbo     John Olajide Adedipe     Harafat E. Mukadam     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Aminu Ado Bayero     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Ogidi-Oloje     Oloye     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Kayode Ibrahim     Abdulwahab Ololele     Egbejila     Saraki     Rachael Obisesan     Share-Tsaragi     Tayo Awodiji     Adedipe     Ilorin Emirate     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     A.E. Afolabi     First Lady     ANCOPPS     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Sardauna     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Labaeka     Al-Ilory     Offa     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Albert Ogunsola     Ramadhan     Hijaab     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Okala Baba     Elections     Taofik Abdulkareem     Police Commissioner     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Muritala Olarewaju     Shao     Doyin Agbamu     EndSARS     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     John Dara     Bello Oyedepo     Kwara 2023     Elerinjare     Kale Ayo     Alaro