Group kicks as Appeal Court sacks three Plateau federal lawmakers

A group under the aegis of the Forum of Former Youth Leaders in Plateau State has kicked against the verdict of the Appeal Court, which sacked three federal lawmakers from the state.

Recall that the Court of Appeal recently sacked three federal lawmakers from the state, Senator Simon Mwadkon representing Plateau North, Hon. Isaac Kwalu representing Mikang, Shendam, and Qua’pan federal constituencies, and Hon. Musa Agha representing Bassa and Jos North federal constituencies, due to a lack of political structure.

Addressing newsmen over the development, the leader of the group, Comrade Ibrahim Yakubu, said the three federal lawmakers were overwhelmingly elected by the people of their respective constituencies and wondered why they were sacked without any convincing reason.

“Senator Mwadkon of Plateau North, Isaac Kwalu representing Mikang, Shendam, and Qua’pan federal constituencies, and Musa Agha of Bassa and Jos North were duly elected and represent the choice of their people, and nothing should deny them their rights.”

The group insisted that the contentious issues that necessitated the decision of the Appeal Court to nullify the election of the above-named legislators were about the eligibility of their political party leadership to have nominated them as candidates.

It posited that the issue has been addressed by the party; therefore, it should not affect the members of the national assembly because the matter is an internal rancor that has been addressed.

“The suit under reference was instituted by members of the PDP, isn’t it? That’s because it is an internal affair of the party. Now, doesn’t it flow and follow that if anybody is aggrieved by the nomination of candidates by the party without re-conducting the state congresses, it should be the members of the party? But here we are having elections nullified because of nomination issues put forward by the APC,” the group declared.

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