Kwara: Tribunal nullifies youngest lawmaker's election, orders re-run

Date: 2023-10-03

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, weekend nullified the election of Miss Rukayat Shittu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ordered a re- run into five polling units of Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area.

The 26-year-old Shittu was declared winner of the Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area in the March 18, 2023 House of Assembly election.

The PDP candidate, Abdullahi Yinusa Magaji, filed a petition over her victory and in the lead judgment delivered by Justice Ademola Enikuomehin, a member of the 3-man tribunal, a rerun was ordered in five polling units.

“The petitioners failed in 12 among the contested polling units while five have been proved. The results so far released are hereby cancelled and the election inconclusive.

“In sum, the petition succeeded in parts and in consequence. I hereby order a rerun of the election in the above polling units to be conducted within 90 days,” the judge submitted.

Shittu after the victory in March made headlines as the youngest lawmaker in the country.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Olabode Towoju     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Musa Aibinu     Ridwan Agboola     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     National Information Technology Development Agency     Alapansapa     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Henry Makinwa     Siraj Oyewale     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Democracy Day     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Coronavirus     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Tunji Ajanaku     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Afonja Descendants Union     Oke-Kura     Lanre Aremu     Mohammed Ibrahim     Abdulazeez Arowona     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Jalala     Unicontinental Construction Company     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Lai Mohammed     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Akeem Olatunji     Saheed Popoola     David Oyedepo     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     HICA     Saheed Alakoso     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Aminat Omodara     Dasuki Belgore     Aliyu Alhassan     Sabitiyu Grillo     KWTV     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Quareeb Islamic Association     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Abdulraheem Olesin     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Rasaq Jimoh     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Opobiyi     Awwal Jawondo     Alikinla     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Ahman Pategi University     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Amusement Park     Sa\'adu Salahu     Adegoke Bamidele     Kwara 2015     TETFUND     Agboola Babatunde     Mubarak Oladosu     Ogbondoroko     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Baba Issa     Ita-Ore     Hassanat Bello     Jimba Babatunde     Tsaragi     Olohungbebe     Temi Kolawole     Makama Of Kaiama     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Students Union Government     Lateef Fagbemi     Cassava Growers\' Association     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Kwara University Of Education     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Convocation Ceremonies     Ita-Ore     Idowu Laro     FERMA     Shonga     KWATMA     National Pilot     Abegunde Goke     Olaosebikan     Ahman Pategi University     Baba-Isale     Sherif Sagaya     Kayode Ibrahim     ITP     KwaraLearn     Ayedun     Afetu Of Alabe     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Ndama Al-hassan     Harafat E. Mukadam     Okanlawon Musa     2023 Elections     ANCOPPS     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Firdaos Amasa     Kabir Shagaya     Mansur Alfanla     Radio Kwara     Danhawa     Salihu Ajia     Osi     Segun Abifarin     11th Galadima     Presidential Election     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Shehu Adaramaja     Read With Me     Joseph Offorjama     Ekweremadu     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Ekiti     Aso Ofi     Oba Abdulrahim     EFCC     Bahago     Sunday Popo-Ola     Mahe Abdulkadir     Boko Haram     Ganmo     Budo-Egba     HYPPADEC     Congress For National Consensus     Jamiu Oyawoye     NIRSAL     KWASEIC     Abubakar Baba     Igbaja     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Kwara Pdp     Oko Erin     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Amos Sayo     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Taofik Abdulkareem     Hamid Bobboyi     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency