(BREAKING)Enugu: Tribunal nullifies PDP lawmaker’s election, orders rerun

The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Enugu has voided the victory of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Okey Mbah in the March 18 election for the Nkanu East state constituency of the House of Assembly.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Mbah the winner of the election, but the tribunal ruled on Friday, September 29, that the process did not comply with the electoral act of 2022.

The three-person panel led by the Honorable Justice Adie Attoe Onyebueke ordered a re-vote in some polling units in the Ugbawka and Owo constituencies after delivering their ruling on the petition filed by Okwudiri Nnaji of the Labour Party.

The tribunal asserted that the number of ballots returned from the two wards is greater than the number of registered and accredited voters in those areas, and it criticized INEC’s return.

However, the court ordered the election official to conduct a re-vote within 90 days in the affected polling places.