BREAKING: Appeal Court Sacks Popular PDP Senator, Declares Winner

BREAKING: Appeal Court Sacks Popular PDP Senator, Declares Winner

On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed the victory of Barrister Simon Bako Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment and former governor of Plateau state, as the senator representing Plateau South senatorial district.

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Lalong ran for the election under the All Progressives Congress (APC) party.

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The court, however, dismissed the petition filed by Napoleon Bali, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), citing a lack of merit.

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The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal had previously declared former governor Lalong the winner of the February 25 election, on the grounds that the PDP did not possess a valid structure.

The court held that the party had failed to comply with a court order to conduct congresses at the ward, local government, and state levels since 2021, rendering it ineligible to sponsor candidates in an election.

Justice E.O Williams-Daeoud, leading the Appeal court panel, affirmed the tribunal’s decision to declare the APC candidate as the election winner. The panel determined that the entire process of congresses conducted by the PDP was invalid.

The panel’s chairman emphasized that there were prior rulings directing the PDP to hold congresses, but the party had consistently failed to comply with these court orders. He stressed that all court orders should be followed by all parties involved.

“Plateau has 17 LGAs that should be used for all issues but 12 LGAs were excluded in PDP congress. Can the elected excos to be said to be a valid Exco?”

“The tribunal cannot say that PDP conducted a repeat Congress. Napoleon is not qualified to be sponsored by PDP to run in that election. All votes by napoleon are void and wasted votes,” the court ruled.

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