The Lagos State National and State House of Assembly Election Petition tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has reportedly annulled the February 25, 2023 election of Labour Party (LP) Lawmaker, Thaddeus Attah as the Representative of the Eti Osa Federal Constituency of Lagos State. The courtroom reportedly ordered INEC to conduct a supplementary election in the 32 polling items of Eti-Osa inside 90 days and withdraw the return certificates issued to Attah and conduct elections in areas the place the election wasnt held on February 25. Reacting to the information by way of his Instagram web page, the APC candidate in the election, Ibrahim Obanikoro, wrote on his story;The Feb 25 election has simply been rightly declared inconclusive and supplementary elections have been ordered by the courtroom. INEC has been ordered to withdraw the return certificates and conduct elections in areas the place it didnt maintain on Election Day.
Singer and PDP candidate in the identical election, Olubankole Wellington aka Banky W, additionally left a submit on his web page suggesting that it’s nonetheless doable for him to be elected into workplace.It is feasible. Still.” he wrote
Meanwhile Thaddeus Atta is yet to react to this development. At the February 25 election, Attah won with 24,075 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Partys Banky W came second with 18,666 votes. Babajide Obanikoro of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared third with 16,901 votes. The post Obanikoro, Banky W react as tribunal reportedly nullifies LP candidate Thaddeus Atta’s victory; orders rerun in 90 days appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
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