THE National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta has Osunsanya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the House of Representatives.
The sacked lawmaker is representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency.
The tribunal under the chairmanship of Justice Wakkil Alkali Gana cancelled elections in Ward 5, Unit 5 in Ijebu Ode LGA; Ward 10, Unit 3 in Odogbolu LGA and the entire Ward 8 in Ijebu North-East LGA in the Federal Constituency.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election, Taiwo Shore, had approached the Tribunal challenging the election of Osunsanya as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the February 23rd, 2019 election.
The tribunal held that the electoral body ought not to have declared Osunsanya as the winner of the election, in line with the provisions of the Electoral Act, since the margin of lead and difference between the petitioner and 1st respondent is less than 4,000 and the total number of cancelled votes is 8,800.
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It argued that the electoral commission should have declared the election as inconclusive and held rerun in the affected Ward and polling units and consequently declared that Osunsanya was not duly elected and nullified the Certificate of Return issued to him by INEC and ordered that a rerun should be conducted within 90 days in Ward 5, Unit 5 in Ijebu Ode LGA; Ward 10, Unit 3 in Odogbolu LGA and the entire Ward 8 in Ijebu North-East LGA.
The Ijebu Central Federal Constituency consists of three local government areas, namely Ijebu Ode, Ijebu North East and Odogbolu.