Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Attai Aidoko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the National Assembly.
Justice Kolawole held that the plaintiff, Air Marshal Isaac Alfa (rtd), also of the PDP was the rightful winner of the party’s primary election for the Kogi East Senatorial Election, conducted in Idah, on December 7, 2015.
The 95-page judgment delivered on Wednesday was sequel to a pre-election suit filed by Alfa challenging the emergence of Aidoko as the party’s candidate in the main election.
Consequently, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw forthwith, the Certificate of Return issued to Senator Aidoko in 2015.
More so, the trial judge ordered the Clerk of the National Assembly to swear in Air Marshal Alfa to replace the sacked law maker.
Details soon… …
