Appeal Court Nullifies Election Of APC Lawmaker In Kwara, Declares PDP Candidate Winner

A Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, Tuesday, has sacked the lawmaker representing Ilorin South Federal Constituency, Abdulraheem Agboola of the All Progressive Congress(APC).

The court also declared the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), House of Assembly candidate for Ilorin South constituency, Abdulraheem Abgoola as duly elected.

The court based its decision on the disputed APC’s primary election, which produced  Suleiman Abdulsalam popularly known as Sule Cement but was later replaced with a 28-year-old Abdulazeez Oluwanilo.

The Appeal Court held that APC had no valid candidate for the 2019 House of Assembly election and thereby declared the candidate with the second highest votes, which is the PDP candidate, Abdulraheem Agboola.

It would brrecalled that the election tribunal had earlier ordered fresh election in Ilorin South state constituency.

In his reaction, the immediate past Speaker of the House, Hon Ali Ahmad, congratulated Agboola, stressing that he would be one of the ranking members in the House.

A statement in Ilorin, Tuesday by the state chairman of the party, Hon Kola Shittu, described “the court’s ruling as a victory for democracy and rule of law.”