The senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Jibrin Isah was on Tuesday sacked by the election tribunal sitting in the state.
The Tribunal while premising its ruling on the ground that elections were cancelled in 94 polling units, ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election in the affected 94 polling units.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 25 February election, Victor Adoji had disagreed with the declaration of the APC candidate as the winner of the election and had petitioned the Tribunal.
The Tribunal Chairman, K.A. Orjiako, who delivered the judgment, agreed with the prayers of Mr Adoji and declared a rerun in the affected polling units.
The PDP candidate through his Counsel, Johnson Usman (SAN), challenged the return of Mr Isah of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the premise that elections were cancelled in some polling units where the PVCs collected were more than the margin of his win.
Adoji asked the tribunal to annul the election of Isah, the current chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs Excise and Tarriffs, on the ground that elections were cancelled in 94 polling units and ordered for a supplementary election in the affected 94 polling units in the senatorial district.
