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Breaking News: Appeal Court Affirms Natasha Akpoti As True Victor In Kogi Central Senatorial Race
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In proclaiming Akpoti as the victor, the court rejected the appeal lodged by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the grounds of lacking merit…CONTINUE READING
Earlier, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal in Lokoja had invalidated Ohere’s triumph in the Kogi Central Senatorial Election.
Nevertheless, the APC candidate chose to challenge the tribunal’s ruling. The higher court, however, affirmed Akpoti-Uduagan as the election’s rightful winner.
To recap, in September, the election petition tribunal in Lokoja declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the victor in the Kogi East Senatorial election held on February 25, 2023.
The tribunal’s Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiakoin, in a ruling issued on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, stated that Uduaghan secured 54,064 votes, surpassing her closest rival Abubakar Sadiku Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
who garnered 51,291 votes. Justice Orjiakoin revealed that Ohere’s vote count had been artificially inflated in nine polling units of Ajaokuta Local Government Area (LGA), while Natasha’s results were deliberately reduced in the same LGA by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Furthermore, the results from three other polling units, which favored Natasha, were intentionally omitted by INEC in the same LGA.
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