Breaking: Apeal Court sacks Kogi congressperson, announces situate empty

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday,
December 18, declared the seat for the Kogi
e on a pre-election matter instituted before
the appellate court.
The judgement was delivered by Justice
Abdul Aboki on a pre-election matter
instituted before the appellate court.
Two persons, Attai Aidoko and Isaac
Alfa have been in court claiming to be
the legal occupants of the seat.
The senator representing Kogi east
Senatorial District, Attai Aidoko, has
been sacked from the national assembly
the Abuja Division of the Court of
Appeal.
In the judgement delivered by Justice
Abdul Aboki on a pre-election matter
instituted before the appellate court, the
court ruled that the Certificate of Return
issued to the sacked Senator is no longer
valid.
The judge also ordered that the senator
should cease from parading himself as a
senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria as his seat has been declared
vacant.
The judge said Aidoko was sacked on
grounds that he was not dully elected in
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
senatorial primary that was conducted
in Idah in 2014.
On December 14th, 2016, the court ruled
that Senator Aidoko was duly elected as
a Senator and ordered the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
issue to him a Certificate of Return.