Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been affirmed as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election held in February by a court of appeal.
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An appeal filed by Sen. Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was struck out by a three-member panel of the appeal court.
The court which agreed with the submission of Akpoti’s counsel, Mr Joshua Usman (SAN) for being meritorious, also awarded the sum of N500,000 against Ohere.
The tribunal also invalidated the victory of Sen Ohere. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice K. A. Orjiako, delivered the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel, revealing that Sen. Ohere’s results were inflated in nine polling units in the Ajaokuta Local Government Area.
He added that the Independent National Electoral Commission reduced Natasha’s results in those areas and omitted the results of three other polling units meant for Natasha in the same LGA.
Following the necessary corrections, the court declared Natasha as the winner of the election with 54,074 votes, surpassing Ohere, who garnered 51,291 votes. But unsatisfied, Ohere approached the Court of Appeal seeking to upturn the election
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