Kwara: Tribunal nullifies youngest lawmaker's election, orders re-run
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, weekend nullified the election of Miss Rukayat Shittu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ordered a re- run into five polling units of Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area.
The 26-year-old Shittu was declared winner of the Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area in the March 18, 2023 House of Assembly election.
The PDP candidate, Abdullahi Yinusa Magaji, filed a petition over her victory and in the lead judgment delivered by Justice Ademola Enikuomehin, a member of the 3-man tribunal, a rerun was ordered in five polling units.
“The petitioners failed in 12 among the contested polling units while five have been proved. The results so far released are hereby cancelled and the election inconclusive.
“In sum, the petition succeeded in parts and in consequence. I hereby order a rerun of the election in the above polling units to be conducted within 90 days,” the judge submitted.
Shittu after the victory in March made headlines as the youngest lawmaker in the country.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Iliasu Niyi Ogundiran Theophilus Oyebiyi Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Sidikat Akaje Valsolar Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi Alabi Lawal Wahab Femi Agbaje Public Holiday Kwara TV Sola Saraki University Ekiti Abubakar Usman Jos NSCIA Afonja Descendants Union Durosinlohun Kawu AGM Professional Services NIPOGA Okin Biscuits Ibrahim Labaika Tafida Of Kaiama Alikinla Albert Ogunsola Otunba Taiwo Joseph Omu-aran Abiodun Abdulkareem Al-Adaby Peculiar Allowance Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi Mazars Consulting MAI Akande Principal Private Secretary Kwara Poly Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Jaiz Bank Musa Abdullahi Toun Okewale-Sonaiya IESA Freshvine Nigeria Limited Agbarere Salihu S. Yaru Olayinka Are BECE Jimoh Akani Ilorin South Constituency Abdulrahman Abdulrasak BIR Olukotun Of Ikotun Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Olokoba Sulyman Azeez Salawu Abiodun Oyedepo Muhammad Yahya COVID-19 Palliatives Kola Adesina Kisra Yomi Adeboye High Court Ope Saraki Funmilayo Zubair Kwara NIPR Kwara-SAPZ Project Abdulkadir Orire Tinubu Legacy Forum Mahmud Babatunde Baker GGDSS Pakata Bola Shagaya Aro Yahaya Emmanuel Bello Wahab Isa Awoye Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria CT Ayeni Suleiman Ajadi

