House of Reps swears-in PDP candidate 19 days after appeal court sacked APC's Wambai
- A PDP's candidate for the House Representatives representing Kogi/Lokoja, Shaba Ibrahim, has been sworn-in
- The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, presided over the plenary when Ibrahim was asked to take the oath of office
- Court of Appeal had sacked the candidate of APC, Abdulkarim Wambai, who formerly occupied the seat
The House of Representatives has sworn-in the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kogi/Lokoja, Shaba Ibrahim, 19 days after the Court of Appeal sacked the former occupier of the seat and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulkarim Wambai.
Legit.ng reports that Ibrahim took the oath office on Wednesday, November 13, during the plenary session.
It would be recalled that the appeal court nullified the election of Wambai who represented Kogi/Lokoja federal constituency and declared Ibrahim the authentic winner of the election.
The PDP's governorship candidate in the state, Musa Wada, had announced Ibrahim's victory on his twitter page on Wednesday, October 23, while congratulating him on his victory at the appellate court.
He had said the party was proud of the winner and wished him success on the path to serve the good people of Lokoja/Koto federal constituency.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Edo state chapter of the PDP on Friday, November 1, suffered a serious defeat after the judgement of the Court of Appeal favoured four APC federal lawmakers.
It was reported that the appellate court threw out the appeals filed by Omosede Igbinedion, Ehiozuwa Agbonyinma, Abubakar Momoh and Idiake Patrick of the PDP.
According to the report, Omosede, who was the PDP's candidate for Ovia federal constituency, appealed the decision of the lower tribunal which upheld Idahosa's victory at the poll.
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Momoh had asked the court to upturn the ruling of the lower tribunal which threw out his petition for lack of merit and upheld the election of Senator Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North senatorial district.
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