Tribunal sacks PDP lawmaker, orders rerun
The affected polling units are: Rumfar Marina and Kusa Da Garkar Magaji Margai in Maikulki ward, Shiyyar Sarkin Aski in Binji ward and Tumunin Magaji in Soron Gabas ward, Daily Trust reports.
Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Hamman Idi Polycarp, gave the ruling while delivering judgement in the case brought by the All Progressives Congress candidate, Hon. Bature Mohammed Binji, against the election of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Hon. Sahabi Umar.Justice Polycarp said that the declaration of Umar as the winner was premature, untimely, null and void.
He noted that there was a substantial non-compliance that had affected the outcome of the election, stressing that there should have been supplementary polls. Justice Polycarp declared that the margin between Umar, who scored 11,995, and Bature with 10,580, was 1,415, which is less than the 2,378 registered voters in the affected polling units.
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