Former Senate Minority Leader Simon Mwadkwon has assured the people of Plateau State, particularly supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that he will return to the Senate within the next 90 days. DAILY POST recalls that Mwadkwon's election was nullified last Sunday by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja.
A three-member appeal panel nullified his election while ruling on the appeal filed by Chris Giwa of the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party’s Gyang Zi. The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh election in the Plateau North Senatorial district within 90 days. Speaking on the matter, Mwadkwon assured some PDP leaders in the district on Sunday that he will surely win his seat back even if the rerun election is conducted tomorrow.
According to him, though the verdict of the Appeal Court was against logic and legal precedents, he had no option but to accept it and prepare for the rerun election. 'The people of Plateau North gave us their mandate to represent them, and it was done through a free, fair, and credible election. This, the Appeal Court did not also fault.
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