The Election Petition Tribunal in Katsina State has nullified the election of Alhaji Mansur Ali Mashi of the All Progressives Congress as a member of the a House of Representative.
Until the nullification of his election, Mashi was representing Mashi/Dutsi Federal Constituency.
Similarly, the tribunal has ordered for the conduct of fresh bye-election in 15 polling units in the constituency, where there were election irregularities.
Delivering the judgment on Wednesday in Katsina, the tribunal Chairman, Justice L.M. Boufini, said the tribunal was convinced that there were election irregularities during the May 20, 2017 bye-election into the constituency.
He said some electorate were disenfranchised from exercising their civic rights, which was against the provisions of the Electoral Act.
Boufini said the petitioner had proved that some voters were not allowed to exercise their civic rights and card reader malfunction during the election.
He said the Independent National Electoral Commission had also cancelled results of some polling units where thugs disrupted the election.
The chairman directed that election should be conducted within 90 days from the date of the judgment.
However, the counsel to the respondents, Earnest Obunadike, said his client would appeal against the judgement.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Nazifi Yusuf, challenged the election of the APC candidate during the May 20, bye-election conducted following the death of the former Rep member, Alhaji Sani Bello.
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