The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the former Governor of Benue state, Senator Gabriel Suswam, from the Senate.
In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, the court declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Emmanuel Udende, as the duly elected senator.
Udende had challenged the Benue State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal’s judgment, which returned Suswam of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Senate.
The appellate court held that the tribunal wrongly evaluated the evidence presented before it and arrived at an erroneous conclusion.
In its verdict delivered by Justice Abimbola Osarugue Obaseki Adejumo, the court set aside the tribunal’s judgment and affirmed Udende’s victory in the February 25, 2023 senatorial election.
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