The Senate Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon has been sacked by the Court of Appeal.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that the appellate court voided the election of Mwadkwon, who was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to represent Plateau North Senatorial District.
The court in a judgment delivered on Sunday in Abuja by a three-member panel held that the PDP had no valid candidate in the election.
The court then ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election for the senatorial district within 90 days.
The judgment followed appeals filed by Chris Giwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Gyang Zi of the Labour Party (LP), asking the court to set aside the judgment of the Plateau State Elections Tribunal, which affirmed Mwadkwon as the winner of the senatorial election.
Delivering judgment, Justice Elphreda Dawodu-Williams held that the earlier order by High Court was not fully complied with by the PDP as 12 Local Government Areas did not participate in the said congress.
Justice Dawodu-Williams added:
“The court made total findings with regard to the issue in focus.
“To avoid anarchy, I agree with the appellants that the court must protect an order of another court.
“I agree with the appellant that the third respondent (PDP) had no valid structure and could not have claimed to have validly nominated the second respondent (Mwadkwon) for the election.
“Given the findings of this court, the appeal, therefore, succeeds as the court order was not complied with.
“The first respondent (INEC) is hereby ordered to conduct another senatorial election in Plateau North within 90 days.”
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