Appeal Court Sacks Senator Ishaku Abbo

The Court of Appeal has sacked the lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ishaku Abbo.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja voided the election of Abbo of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC favouring the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amos Yohanna.

Delivering judgment on Monday, the three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Amos Yohanna as the duly elected lawmaker representing the area in the National Assembly.

The appellate vacated the tribunal judgment which had earlier affirmed Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the senatorial election.

INEC had declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023, parliamentary election.

But aggrieved by the electoral body’s decision, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Yohanna, went to the tribunal to challenge the outcome of the election.