Supreme Court sacks APC lawmaker in Benue The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a member of Benue State House of Assembly representing Buruku constituency on the platform of the All Progressive congress (APC), Orhena Adugu Gbilive, should immediately vacant his seat as a member of the house. It further ordered the Speaker of the House to swear-in Mrs. Ngunan Addigi, also of the APC, as the elected candidate of the party. The court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Kumai Bayang Akaâ, also directed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Addigiwith a certificate of return as the duly elected member of the Benue State House of Assembly representing Buruku Constituency on the platform of the APC. The decision of the apex court is an affirmation of the judgment of the Makurdi division of the Court of Appeal delivered on March 16, 2012 that Mrs. Addigi was the duly elected candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) now All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the election into the House of Assembly of Benue State under Buruku Constituency. The Supreme Court held that the evidence on record also showed that Mrs. Addigi was one of the aspirants who took part in the primary election for Buruku Constituency and emerged the winner, but her name was not forwarded to INEC as the candidate to contest the April 2011, House of Assembly election in Benue State.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 10:57:01 +0000
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