APC suffers another loss as Appeal Court nullifies Senate spokesman’s election

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has nullified the election of spokesman of the Senate, Senator Dayo Adeyeye.
The ruling was delivered by Justice Uzor Anyanwu on Wednesday. The court also upheld the tribunal judgment declaring Peoples Democratic Party’s Senator Abiodun Olujimi winner of the Ekiti South Senatorial election held on February 23.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Adeyeye, who ran on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, winner of the National Assembly election.
Olujimi approached the elections petitions tribunal, seeking declaration that she had the highest number of votes in the election.
She urged the tribunal to nullify the PDP candidate’s victory, claiming irregularities in the electoral process.
The tribunal subsequently nullified elections in some polling units and declared Olujimi winner.
Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the election, Dayo Adeyeye appealed the tribunal ruling at the appellate court.
Anyanwu upheld the tribunal ruling, and also ordered INEC to issue a certificate of return to Olujimi.
Adeyeye’s loss is coming a few days after an appeal court sacked Alhassan Doguwa, House majority leader, and Jibrin Abdulmumin – both members of the APC — from the House of Representatives.