The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, nullified the election of a two-term member of the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Francis Waive.
The tribunal declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 election, Solomon Ahwinahwi, as the winner to represent Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu federal constituency.
In Waive’s case, the tribunal nullified the election due to failure to have his qualification published.
However, Waive rejected the judgement and vowed to appeal it at the appellate court, insisting that the grounds for his disqualification were not known to Nigerian law.
In another judgement, the tribunal chaired by Justice Cathrine Ogunsola, ordered a re-run for Enwhe ward 09 of Isoko federal constituency and directed that the Certificate of Return issued to member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Jonathan Ukodhiko of the PDP as the winner of the Isoko federal constituency election, be set aside.
Candidate of the Social Democratic Party for Isoko federal constituency, Mr. Dickson Ebegbare, had approached the tribunal, insisting that Ukohdiko was not duly elected by lawful votes and that no election was held in the contentious ward 09.
