The Court of Appeal in Abuja has invalidated the election of Bauchi State House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Jamilu Umaru Dahiru Barade of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The three-man panel of Justices nullified the prior confirmation by the Bauchi State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, prompting a rerun in certain polling units due to allegations of over-voting raised by Aliyu Abdullahi Ilela of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Consequently, they directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to retrieve Barade’s Certificate of Return and organise a rerun election in the affected areas.
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This follows closely on the heels of the recent removal of the House Speaker, Abubakar Sulaiman, by the appellate court.