After Hard-fought ‘Legal Battle, Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan Finally Becomes Nigerian Senate Member
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, upheld the decision of National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal that had earlier annulled Senator Abubakar Ohere’s victory and declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as winner of the Kogi Central Senate election that was held in February this year.
It was a hard-fought election battle and Natasha had followed this up with a ‘laborious’ legal battle.
The Tribunal which had Justice K. A. Orjiako as its chairman, had ruled that the number of votes Ohere, who was the APC candidate, got were inflated in nine polling stations in Ajaokuta Local Government..
The tribunal had declared Natasha , who was the PDP candidate, as winner of the election having had 54,074 votes, while Ohere got 51,291 votes.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in a judgment on Tuesday upheld the decision of the tribunal.
Natasha, a popular female politician in the ‘Confluence state’, who was the SDP gubernatorial candidate in the governorship election held in the state on November 16, 2019, has become a member of the Nigerian Senate after a hard-fought legal battle-Team@orientactualmags.com
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