Tribunal sacks Enugu PDP State Lawmaker *Orders rerun within 90 days.

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From Iheanyi Chukwudi

The election of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member representing Nkanu East constituency at the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Okey Mbah has been nullified.

The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu which nullified the election on Friday, held that Mbah's declaration and return as winner of the Nkanu East State Assembly election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), did not meet the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act.

Delivering the judgment on the petition filed by Labour Party candidate, Okwudiri Nnaji, the three-man panel led by Justice Adie Attoe Onyebueke ordered a rerun in some polling units in Ugbawka and Owo wards.

The court held that the number of votes declared was higher than the number of registered and accredited voters in those areas and faulted INEC's return.

It therefore, ordered the INEC, to conduct a rerun election in the affected polling units within 90 days.