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.

Musa Aibinu     ER-KANG     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Toyosi Thomas     Tunde Akanbi     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Fawenu     Haliru Yahaya     IYA YUSUF     Chief Imam Of Offa     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Halimah Perogi     Smart School     Kwarareports     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Ajidagba     Adanla-Irese     AbdulRauf Keji     General Hospital, Offa     EFCC     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Dan Masanin     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Harmony Holdings     Naira Redesign     Hijab     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Ilota     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Shero     Folaranmi Aro     LABTOP     Kehinde Boyede     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Vasolar Consultoria     Lanwa     Fola Consultant     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Dankaka     Vasolar Consortium     Samari     Tunji Arosanyin     Offa Poly     Christopher Ayeni     Bankole Omishore     Ilesha-Baruba     Emir Of Lafiagi     Gobirawa     Kwara Central     Babaloja-General     Mumeen Lah     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Maryam Ado Bayero     Tunde Yusuf     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ajase-Ipo     College Of Health     Orisa Bridge     AIT Ilorin     FOMWAN     Mutawali     Abatemi-Usman     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     MAI Akande     Tsaragi/Share     Ajike People Support Centre     International Vocational Centre     Abubakar Lah     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Niyi Osundare     Bola Olukoju     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Igosun     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Tsaragi/Share     Yahaya Seriki     Zainab Abass     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Kulende-UITH     Babata     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Mohammed Lawal     Hakeem Lawal     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Amusa Bello     Rex Olawoye     Student Learning Support Helpline     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Kwara-SAPZ Project     ER-KANG Mining     Abdullahi Atanda     JMK Construction Company Limited     Kwara 2023     Oko-Erin     Tunde Oyawoye     Ilorin     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Teachers Specific Allowance     Saidu Yaro Musa     Benin Republic     Ganiyu Abolarin     Bashiru Makama     Ajase-Ipo     Bello Bature     Muazam Nayaya     S.O. Opowoye     Saidu Kawu     Azeez Bello     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Abraysports FC     Erin-ile     Www.Kwarareports.com     Aminat Ahmed     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Bareke     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Chikanda     Roheemat Hammed     Khairat Gwadabe     Ballah     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Kunle Akogun     Adamu Attah     Salihu Ajia     Lafiagi     Apaola     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ishola Abdullahi     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Kwara University Of Education     Ebola     Alaiye     Rasheed Jimoh     Tunji Ajanaku     Saheed Popoola     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Abdulfatai Baakini     Share/Tsaragi     Hassanat Bello     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Toyin Falola     Shoprite     Aro Yahaya