{"id":108679,"date":"2023-10-17T02:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T01:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108679"},"modified":"2023-10-17T02:55:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T01:55:01","slug":"updated-appeal-court-sacks-senator-ishaku-abbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/updated-appeal-court-sacks-senator-ishaku-abbo\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Appeal Court Sacks Senator Ishaku Abbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1779944732396934148\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court of Appeal, Abuja has sacked the Senator representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDelivering judgment on Monday, the three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Amos Yohanna as the duly elected lawmaker representing the area in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate vacated the tribunal judgment which had earlier affirmed Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the senatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>INEC had declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023, parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<p>But aggrieved by the electoral body\u2019s decision, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Yohanna, went to the tribunal to challenge the outcome of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In its ruling, the tribunal dismissed Yohanna\u2019s petition for lacking in merit.<\/p>\n<p>Not comfortable with the judgment of the tribunal, the PDP candidate, through his counsel Johnson Usman (SAN), approached the Appeal Court.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Appeal, after hearing arguments from parties, agreed with Usman that based on Section 137 of the Electoral Act, 2022, the results tendered clearly showed that there was no compliance with the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n<p>The court, thereafter, deducted the invalid votes from both parties and found that Yohanna and the PDP won the election by a majority of lawful votes.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the judgment, Senator Abbo described it as a coup on democracy but told his supporters to be calm.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal, Abuja has sacked the Senator representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo. 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