Court Of Appeal Affirms Election Of Senator Halliru

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, upheld the election of Senator representing Bauchi Central, Sen. Jika Dauda Halliru.

The Judge said that the petitioner and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Bauchi Central, couldn’t prove his case that the APC candidate, Jika Dauda Halliru was not qualified to contest the election.

“The petitioner failed to prove his petition before the court on the allegations that the candidate didn’t hold the educational and age qualification to contest the election and the petition is hereby dismissed for lack of merit,”Nasiru-Oniyengi said.