A lawmaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Atule Egbunu, has been sacked by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The High Court voided Egbunu’s election on the ground that there were irregularities in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary were he emerged the party’s flag bearer.
In his place, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered that the candidate of the party that came second in the December 5, 2020 by-election should be inaugurated.
Justice Ekwo gave the order in a judgement on Friday in the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/173/2020 filed by Joseph Enemona, in which he challenged the propriety of the primary election conducted by his party, the APC, to choose a candidate for the by-election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared APC’s Egbunu winner with 8,515 votes, while PDP’s candidate for the election, Daniel Enefola came second with 4, 564 votes in the December 5, 2020 election.
