Labour Party Rep Reacts As Tribunal Orders Rerun In Eti-Osa, Lagos Federal Constituency Over ‘Inconclusive’ Reps Election

Labour Party Rep Reacts As Tribunal Orders Rerun In Eti-Osa, Lagos Federal Constituency Over ‘Inconclusive’ Reps Election

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal, held at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos, has invalidated the victory of Mr. Thaddeus Atta from the Labour Party as the rightful representative for Eti Osa Federal Constituency.

In the leading judgment, delivered late Monday night, the tribunal deemed the elections inconclusive. It directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to organize a supplementary election within 90 days in 33 polling units where elections could not take place.

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Responding to the verdict on Tuesday morning in a post on X (formerly Twitter), Atta assured that there was no need for alarm. He emphasized that he was not “sacked” by the court.

“The Tribunal has simply ordered a re-run (supplementary election) in the 32 polling units where elections did not hold. We will continue working for Etiosa. I urge constituents to keep calm as we are unshaken. We will get through this together,” he said.

Bankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was declared second in the polls and the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro (IBO) had both filed petitions to challenge the elections of February 25.

In that election, INEC had declared Atta who scored 24,075 votes as the winner, while Banky W and IBO were said to have scored 18,668 and 16,901 votes, respectively.