By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Tribune OnlineTribune OnlineTribune Online
  • Home
  • News
  • Columns
  • Editorial
  • VIDEOS
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Opinions
  • SPORTING TRIBUNE
Reading: Appeal Court upholds election of 4 National Assembly members
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Tribune OnlineTribune Online
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • News
  • Columns
  • Editorial
  • VIDEOS
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Opinions
  • SPORTING TRIBUNE
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Advertise
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© 2025 African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc.. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News

Appeal Court upholds election of 4 National Assembly members

Paul Omorogbe
October 27, 2019
Share
Court Abia PDP APC ,Kano APC crisis, judgment in Andy Uba, Appeal Court dismisses FUNAAB, Appeal Court strikes out Ogun State appeal, order to freeze Ozekhome’s account, Appeal Court reinstates Edo, Appeal Court, Oyo, Court of Appeal reinstates, copyright infringement
Appeal court
SHARE

Court of Appeal holding in Yola, the Adamawa state capital has put to rest the appeals brought before it, challenging the election of 4 sitting members of the National Assembly from Adamawa state.

This followed the judgement delivered by the court, where it dismissed all the appeals brought before it by the embattled candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), affirming the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal.

The court has also ended the legal tussle between Ibrahim Mustapha(ADC) and Abdulrauf Abdulkadir Modibbo(APC) Girei, Yola North and Yola South Federal Constituency.

The erstwhile Senators who represented Adamawa Northern and Southern Senatorial Districts, Binta Masi Garba and Ahmed Mo-Allahyidi, dragged the incumbent Senators Elisha Ishaku Abbo(PDP) and Binos Dauda Yaroe(PDP) before the court and prayed the court to set aside the decision of the lower court which struck out their petitions.

Likewise, the former member who represented Song/ Fufore Constituency at the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Sadiq Dasin( APC), and the APC candidate for Numan, Demsa and Lamurde, Federal Constituency Olvadi Bema Madayi, appealed the judgement of the Tribunal delivered last month and asked the Court to review them.

The duo had further asked the Apex Court to upturn the judgement of the Tribunal which validated the elections of Hon. Dr Mustapha Saidu(Fufore/Song Federal Constituency) and Hon. Barr. Kwamoti Laori(Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Federal Constituency) respectively.

ALSO READ: Nothern elder advises Igbo on how to clinch Presidency in 2023

TribuneOnline learnt that the election cases were brought before the apex Court on the 19th September 2019, for review following the judgment delivered by the Election Petition Tribunal on the petitions.

All the appellants approached the court sequel to a humiliating defeat suffered at the Court last month, where their suits were outrightly dismissed by the 3 Man Panel led by Justice Suleiman Akanbi.

The Election Petition Tribunal earlier held that the petitioners failed to establish the allegations of corruption, malpractices, non-accreditation, over voting and deliberate voiding of votes made against the defendants contrary to the electoral law.

Justice Akanbi posited that the various allegations raised by Mo-Allayidi, Bema, Ibrahim Mustapha, Binta and Sadiq Dasin, did not prove as required by the law, adding that the plaintiffs relied on nothing but documentary hearsay and could not link their petitions with concrete evidence to get a judgement in their favour.

It added that the claims by the petitioners, Binos, Kwamoti, Cliff and Hon. Dr Mustapha Saidu was duly and lawfully returned as winners of the majority of votes by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and therefore trashed the petitions for being incompetent and lacking in merits.

But delivering their judgement at the Appeal Court today, the Chairman of the Court, Justice Chidi Nwaoma Uwa, who was assisted by 3 other justices, affirmed the election of the sitting members of the National Assembly

According to Justice Uwa, the decision of the Tribunal in dismissing all their petitions was for failure to prove over-voting, among other issues raised.

She went ahead and upheld the judgements of the lower Court;  thereby, striking out the appeals brought before the Court in their entirety.


WATCH TOP VIDEOS FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE TV

  • Back to School, Back to Business A Fresh Start

  • Relationship Hangout: Public vs Private Proposals – Which Truly Wins in Love?

  • “No” Is a Complete Sentence: Why You Should Stop Feeling Guilty

  • Relationship Hangout: Friendship Talk 2025 – How to Be a Good Friend & Big Questions on Friendship

  • Police Overpower Armed Robbers in Ibadan After Fierce Struggle


    Get real-time news updates from Tribune Online! Follow us on WhatsApp for breaking news, exclusive stories and interviews, and much more.
    Join our WhatsApp Channel now


TAGGED:AdamawaAPCAppeal-CourtNASS membersPDP
Share This Article
Facebook Email Print
Previous Article Why I distributed free helmets to commercial motorcycle riders in Remoland – Otunba Alowonle
Next Article Lagos Assembly to accommodate, Lagos Assembly passes bill on DNA, forensic centre to aid criminal investigations, Assembly confirms Sanwo-Olu’s nominee as Lagos Auditor-General, Lagos Assembly approves Sanwo-Olu's , pension for Lagos govs, State Fire and Rescue Service, implement Southern Governors' Resolutions, Lagos Assembly lifts Surulere council Chairman’s suspension, Lagos Assembly swears in new member, Lagos Assembly to pass bill, Lagos Assembly Lagos Assembly resummons Ambode over purchase of 820 buses

Frontpage Today

Subscribe to e-Paper

E-Vending, e paper, pdf, e-paper, Tribune
WOMEN

Xquisite
Xquisite Food
Xquisite Style
Wondrous World of Women

MORE

Business Coach
Education
Event Digest
Crime & Court
Do It Yourself
Ecoscope
Property & Environment
Energy
Maritime
Aviation
Brands & Marketing
Agriculture
Info Tech
Labour
Leadership & Management
Achievers
Arewa Live
Arts & Culture
Arts & Reviews
Campus Beat
Politics
Health News
MORE

Mum & Child
Natural Health
Sexuality & Health
Special Report
Sports
Tourism
Travelpulse & MICE
Tribune Business
Weekend Lagos
Youth Speak
Book Review
Thursday Tales
EDITORIAL

Editorial
Opinion
Letters
News Extra

BUSINESS

Capital Market
Money Market
Economy

ENTERTAINMENT

Friday Treat
Entertainment
Razzmattaz

REGIONS

South West
Niger Delta
Arewa

RELIGION

Tribune Church
Church News
Muslim Sermon
Eye of Islam
Islamic News

COLUMNS

Anike's Diary
Aplomb
Ask The Doctor
Autoclinic With The Mechanic
Awo's Thought
Borderless
Crucial Moment
Empowered For Life
Festus Adebayo's Flickers
Financewise
Gibbers
Intimacy
Language & Style
Leaders' Forum
Leadership & Management
Lynx Eye
Monday Lines
Mum & Child
Natural Health
Notes from Atlanta with Farooq Kperogi
On The Lord's Day
PENtagon
Political Panorama
Veritatem With Obadiah Mailafia
Voice of Courage
Whatsapp Conversation
You and Eye
Your Life Counts

© 2025 African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?