Election tribunal sacks Reps member, declares LP candidate elected 

 A House of Representatives member in Enugu state, Simon Atigwe, has been sacked.

Mr Atigwe represents Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency.

The National Election Petition Tribunal in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, sacked the lawmaker in a ruling on Wednesday.

The tribunal headed by Justice H. N. Kunaza also declared the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Dennis Agbo, winner of a rerun election held in February.

Mr Agbo of the LP was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the 25 February 2023 National Assembly Election in the constituency.

However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the election, Oby Ajih, challenged the outcome of the election at the Court of Appeal in Lagos State.

Mrs Ajih argued that the election did not follow the right process as the logo of her party was not in the INEC’s EC8A form for the exercise.

In November 2023, the court voided the election and ordered a re-run election in the constituency within 90 days.

In the re-run held on 3 February this year, Mr Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the exercise.

 (Premium Times)