Orders re – run in 110 polling units
The National and state Assembly Elections
Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun
state capital, this afternoon set aside the
election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Senatorial candidate for Ogun East, Prince Buruji
Kashamu.
The three man Tribunal headed by Justice
Ebiowei Tobi in delivering the judgement this
afternoon, also ordered a re – run election in 110
of the polling units in Ogun East Senatorial
district, comprising of nine Local Governments
within 90 days.
The Petition challenging Kashamu’s victory in
the last March 28 National Assembly elections,
was filed by candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun.
The court held that the elections in the affected
areas were marred by irregularities and non –
compliance with electoral laws as evidenced in
the observed discrepancies in entries in the
documents of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
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