The Court of Appeal in Calabar, Cross River State, on Friday, declared Honourable Jerigbe Agom-Jerigbe as the duly elected senator for Cross River North senatorial district.
The court also declared that Agom-Jarigbe was the lawful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the December 5, 2020 bye-election for the seat.
The three-man Appeal Tribunal headed by Justice Chioma Nwosu also invalidated the certificate of return earlier issued to Senator Steven Odey by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and directed that it be withdrawn.
The court, however, ordered INEC to issue Agom-Jarigbe a fresh certificate of return and that he should be sworn in immediately.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Cross River North Senate seat became vacant when Senator Rose Oko died in March 2020.
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