PDP Loses Out as Tribunal Upholds Reps Member, Jimoh’s Victory
The national and state Houses of Assembly petition tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday, struck out the petition filed by the PDP and Tajudeen Jaiyeola Agoro, challenging the election of a member House of Representatives, Hon Jide Jimoh of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency seat.
The election was held on February 23, 2019 across the federal constituency.
The PDP candidate challenged the election on account of alleged unlawful declaration of Jide Jimoh as winner of the poll and claimed that the poll was marred with rigging, multiple thumb printing and did not comply with provisions of the Electoral Act.
In a unanimous judgment, read by Justice Olamide, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed in all the petitions and ...
