The Supreme Court, on Friday, has declared as null and void the election of Herman Hembe into the House of Representatives, while also declaring Mrs. Dorothy Mato the winner of the All Progressives Congress ticket for Vandikwa/Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue State.
Hembe was elected into the House of Reps in 2015.
The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a certificate of return to Mato.
The 41-year old Hembe, a lawyer, was representing Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency on the platform of the APC.
The apex court also ordered Hembe to vacate his post immediately and return all salaries and benefits collected while in office within 90 days.
The court averred that Mrs. Dorothy Mato was the rightful winner of the APC ticket for Vandikwa/ Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue State.
The Supreme Court has sacked Abubakar Danladi from the Nigerian Senate. Mr. Danladi represented Taraba North in the Senate. The apex court also ordered him to refund all salaries and allowances earned in the Senate within 90 days. Mr. Danladi was sacked by the Supreme Court on the same day a member of the House of Representatives, Herman Hembe, was also sacked by the apex court. Mr. Danladi’s political career was once saved by the same Supreme Court which ousted him today. In 2014, the court ordered him reinstated as Taraba State’s deputy governor after he was impeached in controversial circumstances. Mr. Danladi was the first deputy governor who ran on the same ticket with former Governor Dantata Suntai. He was impeached on October 4, 2012 shortly before Mr. Suntai took ill after an air crash. He was accused of fraud and abuse of office. Another politician, Garba Umar, was then appointed deputy governor after his removal. And after then Governor Suntai took ill ...
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