The election petition tribunal in Katsina, on Wednesday nullified
the election of member representing Dutsi/Mashi federal constituency, Mansur
Ali Mashi (APC).
The tribunal
ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh
election within 90 days.
The PDP in Katsina State and its candidate, Nazif Yusuf, had in
June filed a petition challenging the emergence of Mashi as winner of the poll.
Joined in the
suit were INEC, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Katsina and the
APC as 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respondents respectively.
The petition –
no EPT/KT/NA/HR/01/2017 – had challenged Mashi’s victory on four grounds.
It insisted
that the 1st respondent, Mansir Mashi was not duly elected by majority of
lawful votes cast during the election.
Prof Hudu
Ayuba, the Returning Officer, who announced the results, said APC won the
election with 27,968 votes.
He said Nazif
Yusuf of the PDP scored 19,451 votes, while Kabir Abdullahi of the Peoples
Redemption Party (PRP) polled 332 votes.
He announced
that the total registered voters in the constituency were 135,571, while 51,576
voters were accredited for the election.
INEC had conducted the
re-run on Saturday, May 20 sequel to the death of the member representing the
constituency, Alhaji Sani Bello on Feb.15, 2017.
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