The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has voided the election of the lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo.

Mr Abbo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, confirmed the news to Channels Television on Monday.

According to the lawmaker, a three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, in a judgment, voided his election in favour of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Amos Yohanna.

The INEC had on February 25, declared Mr Abbo as the winner of the senatorial poll.

Dissatisfied with the declaration, Yohana and the PDP filed a petition before the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Yola, Adamawa State challenging the return of Abbo.

The tribunal, in its judgment, dismissed Mr Yohanna’s petition for lacking in merit.

Further dissatisfied with the tribunal’s decision, the PDP’s candidate, through his counsel Johnson Usman, SAN approached the Appeal Court via appeal number: CA/YL/EP/AD/SEN/06/2023 between Rev. Amos Kumai Yohanna and another Vs Ishaku Elisha Cliff and others.

The Court of Appeal, after hearing arguments from parties, agreed with Mr Usman that based on Section 137 of the Electoral Act, 2022, the results tendered clearly showed that there was no compliance with the Electoral Act.

The court, thereafter, deducted the invalid votes from the parties and found that Mr Yohanna and PDP won the election by majority of lawful votes.

The court proceeded to set aside the Certificate of Return issued to Mr Abbo and ordered INEC to issue same to Mr Yohanna as the valid winner of the election representing Adamawa North Senatorial District.

Reacting to the judgment, Sam Ologunorisa, SAN, said he had nothing to say since “the Court of Appeal is the final court.”

When contacted on his reaction to the judgment, the lawyer to the APC, Michael Numa, SAN, said he had nothing to say until he saw the judgment.

“I was not in court when the judgment was delivered. So, I will have to see the judgment before I can comment on it,” he said.

Other members of the panel include Justice M.I SIRAJO and Justice O.A ADEGBHINDE.

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