The National and States Assembly Election Petition Trial Tribunal sitting in High Court 4, Jos on Friday, nullified the election of Hon. Musa Avia Aggah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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The Court held that Hon. Agah was not validly nominated by the PDP for the Bye-Election conducted on February 26, 2022.
The Court also declared Agah did not score the highest valid votes in the election.
Agah represents Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
Recall that Hon. Musa Agah was declared the winner of the Jos North/Bassa Federal constituency bye-election on February 27 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Agah polled a total of 40, 343 votes to emerge a winner.
Agah was closely followed by the Peoples Redemption Party’s candidate, Mohammed Adams Gwani, who polled 37, 857 votes, while the ruling All Progressives Congress candidate, Joseph Abbey Aku, who came a distant 3rd, scored 26,111 votes.
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