Sokoto/Zamfara National Assembly Election Tribunal Sacks Rep Member, Orders Re-Run

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

Hon Umar Yusuf Yabo, representing Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives has been sacked.

The National Assembly/State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal for Sokoto/ Zamfara on Monday, July 15, 2024 nullified  his electoral victory in the February 3 2024  National Assembly re-run election .

The three-man panel led by Justice Ashu Ewah,  in a unanimous ruling, held that the re-run election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC  was substantially mired by malpractices and irregularities.

Subsequently, the Panel declared the outcome which had thrown up Hon Yabo as winner, null and void.

The tribunal, therefore, ordered the INEC to conduct another re-run in the contentious polling units.

The affected polling units are Jaredi Maji Kira,Mazoji,Dagawa Maji Kira, Dagawa Mai Zane, Kesoji Shiyar Hakami,and Shiya Magaji, all in the Yabo/Shagari Local Council of Sokoto State.

It  also ordered the electoral umpire to withdraw the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Hon Yabo.

The INEC is to conduct another  re-run polls within the next 90 days.

Other members of the election petition tribunal are Justices Helen Hamman Joda and  Ali Changbo.

A fine of N500,000,was slammed against Hon Yabo.