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.

Saliu Ajia     Ramadhan     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Bond     KSIRS     TVC Female National Debate     KWACOBPA     Pakata     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Budo-Egba     Dele Momodu     Orire     RTEAN     Kolo     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Babaita     Oni Adebayo     Guber Aspirant     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Bolakale Kawu     Prince Bola Ajibola     Reuben Paraje     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Oluronke Adeyemi     Aminat Ahmed     Tunde Saad     Sheriff Shagaya     Jani Ibrahim     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Seun Bolaji     KWIRS     Sarah Alade     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Centre For Digital Economy     Aso-ofi     Taofik Abdulkareem     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abdullahi Biffo     Ayinke Saka     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Danladi     Ekiti     Firdaos Amasa     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Patience Jonathan     Tuesday Assayomo     Olam Food Ingredients     Fatimoh Lawal     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Onilorin     Kawu     Segun Olawoyin     Owo Arugbo     Sarakite     Galadima     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Yemi Osinbajo     Vasolar Consortium     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Toyin Saraki     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Wahab Abayawo     Communication Network Support Services     National Broadcasting Commission     Amasa     Abdullahi Atanda     Arca Santa     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Olatunde Olukoya     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Adamu Attah     Tsaragi/Share     Malete     Fatai Olodo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Omoniyi Ayinla     Halimah Perogi     Taofik Abdulkareem     Adamu Atta     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Iqra Books     Saliu Alamoyo     Abikan     Abubakar Lah     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Bolaji Nagode     Babaita     Lanre Olosunde     Jide Oyinloye     Ojuekun Sarumi     Jimoh Bashir     Asa LGEA School     Kolawole Bashirat     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ghali Muhammed     Ado Ibrahim     Fatimoh Lawal     Raheem Adaramaja     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Adesoye College     John Olobayo     SSUCOEN     Aminat Ahmed     Senate     Olomu     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Kassim Babamale     Aminu Ado Bayero     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Sulu Gambari     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Osuwa     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Goodluck Jonathan     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Siraj Oyewale     Jaigbade Alao     Aro Yahaya     Bankole Omishore     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kabir Shagaya     Kwara North     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Tinubu     Ibrahim Abiodun     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Boko Haram     N-Power     Haliru Yahaya     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Elewu     Idiagbon     Omar Gambari     Kola Olota     Isiaka Gold     Abdulfatah Ahmed     RTEAN     National Party Of Nigeria     Kayode Laro     Ganiyu Abolarin     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Saidu Yaro Musa     Moses Salami     Saka Abimbola Isau     Buari Edun