Tribunal Sacks Enugu PDP legislator, And Orders Rerun

The Peoples Democratic Party's Hon. Okey Mbah was declared the winner of the Nkanu East constituency House of Assembly election on March 18 but that result has been overturned by the National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which is based in Enugu State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had pronounced Mbah the election's victor, but the tribunal ruled on Friday that the procedure had not been carried out in accordance with the requirements of the 2022 Electoral Act.

The Labour Party candidate Surv. Okwudiri Nnaji filed a petition, and a three-person panel headed by Honourable Justice Adie Attoe Onyebueke ruled on it and declared the election inconclusive.

It mandated a repeat in a few voting places in the wards of Ugbawka and Owo.

The tribunal alleged that there were more votes cast than there were registered and authorized voters in such regions, and it criticized INEC's reply.

However, it mandated that a new election be held in the affected polling places within 90 days by the electoral umpire, INEC.