PDP Displaces APC Senator As Tribunal Declares Akpoti-Uduaghan Winner Kogi Central Sen. Election
By Rita Elenwo
The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja, on Wednesday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 senatorial election for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, winner.
By this ruling Akpoto-Uduaghan displaces Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who was initially declared the winner of the February 26 Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The tribunal Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiako ruled that Uduaghan scored 54,064 votes to defeat his closest rival Sadiku-Ohere who polled 51,291 votes.
Ohere was also fined N500,000 for the cost of the petition and ordered to pay the fine to Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Akpoti- Uduaghan who was dissatisfied challenged the declaration on the grounds of irregularities, noting that the election did not comply with regulations and laws as contained in the electoral act and the constitution.
Akpoti-Uduaghan would be sworn in when the Senate recovens later in September.
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