BREAKING : Tribunal Sacks APC’s Kogi Senator, Declares PDP Candidate Winner 

BREAKING : Tribunal Sacks APC’s Kogi Senator, Declares PDP Candidate Winner

 

The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja has declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the winner of the February 25 Kogi Central Senatorial election, sacking the All Progressives Congress senator who was earlier declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC)

The tribunal Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiakoin in his ruling on Wednesday said Uduaghan scored
54,064 votes to defeat his closest rival Sadiku-Ohere of the APC who polled 51,291 votes.

He urged Ohere to pay Akpoti-Uduaghan N500,000 for the cost of the petition.

Details later….

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