Tribunal orders rerun, nullifies Kwara Assembly election

Election petition tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state on Saturday, ordered a rerun in five polling units in the state House of Assembly election on March 18, 2023 in the Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area of the state.

The tribunal also nullified the victory of the 26-year-old Miss Rukayat Shittu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared winner of the Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area in the state House of Assembly election.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Abdullahi Yinusa Magaji, in the election had filed a petition over the victory.

In the lead judgement delivered by a member of the three-man tribunal panel, Justice Ademola Enikuomehin, ordered a rerun 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.

Recalled that there was media frenzy when Miss Shittu got the victory in March as the youngest female lawmaker in the country.

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