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Court quashes election of Senate Minority Leader
The election of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Simon Mwadkwon, representing Plateau North- Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has been nullified by the Court of Appeal.
In a unanimous judgement, the three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Daudu Williams held that the PDP did not validly nominate Mwadkwon.
The panel stated that the court orders were not fully complied with by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) didn’t participate in the congress.
Consequently, the court ordered a rerun for the Plateau North Senatorial seat to be conducted in 90 days.
The court cited non-compliance with a subsisting court order from the Plateau State High Court made since 2020 for the PDP to conduct Congress before nominations, as a key factor in their decision.
The panel at the Appellate court led by Justice Okon Abang also nullified the victory of PDP’s Musa Avia representing Bassa North in the House of Representatives.
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