Tribunal Gives Kwara Central NNPP Senate Candidate Go-ahead To Serve Saliu Mustapha By Substituted Means

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal  has given Alhaji  Aiyelabegan Kayode Abdul  the go-ahead to serve  Senator-elect,  Mallam Salihu Mustapha by substituted means.

 Aiyelabegan had through his lawyers applied for an order for substituted service having accused the senator-elect of avoiding service.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the tribunal is headed by  Justice T.T Asua  while the secretary is  Aisha MA Fika.

 It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had announced    Mallam Salihu Mustapha, who was the APC candidate,   as winner of the  Kwara Central Senate election held on February 25,2023.

 Aiyelabegan, who was the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP)  candidate in the said election,  had however argued that it did not substantially satisfy the provisions of the Electoral act 2022 as amended and had therefore asked the tribunal to declare it as badly flawed.

 Apart from  getting the go-ahead to serve Mallam Salihu Mustapha by  substituted means, the tribunal also granted the motion ex parte filed by the petitioner  seeking  permission to   inspect the materials used for the election in question which are expected to be made available by the  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Aoyelabegan had in seeking to fault the election and its outcome cited failure to have  the logo and name of the NNPP featured on the ballot papers used for the election which had according to him denied people the opportunity to vote for the party- Team@orientactualmags.com
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