The Apppeal Court sitting in Kaduna has nullified the election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and spokesman for the 9th Assembly, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, as winner of the Ekiti South Senatorial election.
More so, the appellate Court upheld the tribunal judgment which declared Senator Biodun Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) as winner of the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Dayo Adeyeye winner of the National Assembly elections held on the 23rd of February, 2019, but Mrs Olujimi challenged the result at the tribunal on the grounds that she got more votes than thann Adeyeye.
In her petition, Senator Olujimi asked the tribunal to nullify Adeyeye’s victory on the grounds that the election was marred by massive irregularities .
In her written address, the petitioner claimed that the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Acts, having been allegedly fraught with all manners of irregularities. The tribunal in its judgment nullified elections in some polling units and declared Mrs Olujimi the authentic winner of the polls.
Dissatisfied with the tribunal judgment, both Adeyeye and His party, APC filed a petition at the court of appeal asking it to set aside the ruling of the lower court.
However, while delivering a unanimous judgement in Kaduna state, Justice Uzor Anyanwu upheld the judgment of the tribunal, ordering INEC to issue fresh certificate of return to Senator Biodun Olujimi.
