- Orders rerun in 20 polling units within 30 days
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by Jamilu Mohammed of the PDP against an earlier ruling of the Election Petition Tribunal which had declared the 2023 Election Conducted for the Faskari/ Kankara/Sabuwa Federal Constituency as inconclusive.
The Nation recalled that the INEC had earlier declared Jamilu Mohammed, the winner of the election but in a ruling by the Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Katsina, declared the election inconclusive and INEC was ordered to conduct reelection in 20 polling units of Faskari and Kankara Local Councils.
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The Court of Appeal, however, in its ruling delivered by the Presiding Judge, Justice Moore Aseimo A. Adumein upheld the position of the Tribunal in declaring the election inconclusive while also surcharging Mr. Jamilu Mohammed a fine of N300,000:00 to be paid to the APC candidate in the Election, Shehu Dalhatu Tafoki.
Shehu Dalhatu Tafoki, who previously held the post of Deputy Speaker in the Katsina State House of Assembly, had contested the House of Representatives election on the APC ticket
The Appeal Court further directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct elections in 20 polling units within 30 days.