The Election petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has upheld the election of Sen. Sunday Karimi, lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
Our Kogi State Correspondent, reports that the Tribunal in its ruling affirmed the Election of Senator Karimi stating that after examining the Petition before it, it here by dismissed the request of the petitioner in it’s entirety for lacking in merit and completely baseless.
The tribunal said it found that the majority of lawful votes cast belonged to the APC and Sen. Karimi in the said election.
The Tribunal who also ruled in favour of Sen. Karimi, ordered the plaintiff, Hon. T.J Yusuf of People Democratic Party, (PDP) to pay a fine of N150,000 to the respondents.
It could be recalled that Hon. T. J. Yusuf had petitioned the tribunal on the ground of non usage of the BVAS machine in some areas, accusing the ruling APC of rigging the 2023 Senatorial election in Kogi West.
Reacting to the Court Verdict, Sen. Karimi said he remains most grateful to God, just a he dedicate the victory to the good people of Kogi West.
“The choice of voting for me at the ballot has been further proven.
The judiciary has once again stood for the truth and defended our democracy and entrenched the rule of law through her judgment affirming my return and dismissing the Petitioner’s case on all the grounds” he stated.
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