The state assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo, has ordered a supplementary election for the Saki west house of assembly seat.
The state assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state, has ordered a supplementary election for the Saki west house of assembly seat.
The tribunal said whereas Shittu Ibrahim, the declared winner, led Julius Okedoyin, the petitioner, by 270 votes in the election, the number of voters disenfranchised was more than 1,000. Delivering a unanimous ruling of the three-man panel, the tribunal ruled that the cancellation of results from ward 6, unit 7 and ward 11, unit 19 of the constituency with 1,285 voter cards collected, could substantially affect the outcome of the election.
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