Politics
THE Supreme Court of Nigeria, Friday, June 23 ordered Sani Abubakar Danladi to vacate his seat at the Senate and refund to the National Assembly, NASS, within 90 days all monies he has so far collected by way of salary and allowances.
The Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue certificate of return to Isah Shuaibu, the appellant as the senator representing Taraba North Senatorial District of Taraba State.
In a lead judgment delivered by Justice Amina Adamu Augie, the apex court warned political parties to henceforth play by the rules in the nomination of candidates.
In another judgment, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria, CJN, declared that Dorathy Mato was the winner of primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC , held in respect to Vandeikya/ Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue State from December 7-10, 2014 and the winner of the general election of March 28, 2015.
Hence, Onnoghen ordered the INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Herman Hembe immediately and issue same to Mato, the appellant.
The CJN also ordered Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the House of Representatives or the Clerk of the House to swear in Mato as a member representing Vandeikya/ Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue State immediately.
The court also ordered Hembe to refund to the National Assembly, NASS, within 90 days all monies he has so far collected by way of salary and allowances or emoluments.
Herman was further ordered to pay cost of N200, 000 to Mato as well as another N500, 000.
— Jul 03, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT
Tags: Amina Adamu Augie Benue State Hembe INEC Sani Abubakar Danladi speaker of the House of Representatives Supreme Court of Nigeria Supreme Court Sacks Danladi Yakubu Dogara
When are going to have reliable and good people in the National Assembly? The same people are their or their cohorts all these year without contributing to the welfare of their consistuencies. It is a shame and I pray God to deliver us from their grips. Most of these members are dodging litigations over their actions in their previous appointments for one thing or the other. By the are they the best we have to the extent that they are being recycled like waste products not minding the depreciation in the quality of recycled materials .Oh help us God.!!!!