Kogi West | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:18:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Kogi West | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 Tribunal orders another Election in Kogi West, sacks Dino Melaye https://www.insideojodu.com/tribunal-orders-another-election-in-kogi-west-sacks-dino-melaye/ https://www.insideojodu.com/tribunal-orders-another-election-in-kogi-west-sacks-dino-melaye/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:18:21 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=6941 The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has annulled the election of…

The post Tribunal orders another Election in Kogi West, sacks Dino Melaye first appeared on InsideOjodu.]]> The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has annulled the election of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West senatorial district.

Recall that Melaye in February 2109 election had polled a total of 85,395 votes to defeat his APC opponent who scored 66,902 votes.

But the APC candidate, Sam Adeyemi proceeded to challenge the declaration on three grounds of irregularities, overvoting and non-compliance with the Electoral Act.

According to Vanguard, the three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, accepted Adeyemi’s ground and ordered for another election in the senatorial district.

Details later…

 

The post Tribunal orders another Election in Kogi West, sacks Dino Melaye first appeared on InsideOjodu.]]> https://www.insideojodu.com/tribunal-orders-another-election-in-kogi-west-sacks-dino-melaye/feed/ 0