JUSJUST IN: Tribunal Annuls Election of
Senator Kashamu
The National and state Assembly Elections
Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun
state capital has cancelled the election of a
Buruji Kasahamu, Naij.com can authoritatively
report.
In his ruling, Justice Ebiowei Tobi led tribunal
ordered re-run in 110 polling units.
Kashamu is representing Ogun East Senatorial
District at the senate, but the APC candidate,
Prince Dapo Abiodun, had approached the
tribunal to challenge the election result.
While delivering the judgment this afternoon,
Justice Tobi Ebimowei disclosed that there are
some irregularities,some anomalies, added that,
some of them have been proved while some are
not proved.
Picture from the National and State Assembly
Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta,
Ogun state today.
He further stated that in some areas where the
petitioner have been laid claims to the tribunal
said the petitioner counsel has not been able to
proof to be fundamental and substantial.
Ebimowei disclosed that only Ijebu Ode local
government area is the only local government
out of the nine in Ogun East that election results
were not cancelled because the irregualrities are
not much.
“We have to cancel in other local government
because they are much more anomalies and
irregularities in local government like Ijebu
North,Ijebu East,Sagamu,Ikenne and Odogbolu,”
the judge posited.
He however stated that having perused all the
evidences before the tribunal,37,008 votes are
hereby declared unlawful on grounds of proved
irregularities.
Ebimowei also said the total valid and lawful
votes for the first respondent after the deduction
and adjustment is now 75,856 compared to
99,540 declared by INEC.
On the part of the petitioner, total valid votes is
70,677 compared to 84,001 recorded by INEC,
added that the margin win votes is just 5,179.
Picture from the National and State Assembly
Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta,
Ogun state today.
“The first respondent did not score enough votes
to be able to declared him winner,comparing the
margin win vote to total votes of 37,008 that are
invalid.
“For avoidance of doubt,we cannot cancelled the
whole Senatorial election because of that and the
margin of win is just 5,179 votes,it is not enough
to declare him winner.
“The election is nullify in line with Section 140 (2)
and 140 (3), but in this regard,we are looking at
140 (2). We hereby order fresh election in the
affected polling unit, we do nit feel comfortable to
nullify election in Ogun East Senatorial District.
“The election of the first respondent is hereby set
aside as Senator representing Ogun East District
and ordered that 3rd respondent conduct a fresh
election into the polling units which elections have
been cancelled and in doing that, must take
cognisance of the lawful votes,” he declared.
The tribunal affirmed that the valid votes of
146,533 be aside while results from the 110
polling units that was called fresh election will
be added to the already valid votes.
This development comes days after the National
Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)
honored the Buruji Kashamu with a “Golden Man
Of The Year.”
According to NANS, the award bestowed on
Kashamu was for his “untiring, exemplary and
compassionate leadership style which cannot be
taken away from him.
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