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PDP Loses Control Of Plateau Assembly As Appeal Court Sacks 11 Lawmakers

Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Plateau State Assembly.

Gatekeepers News reports that in a unanimous decision on Friday, the panel led by Justice Okon Abang, held that all the sacked lawmakers scored wasted votes at the time of the March 2023 general election because their party lacked structure.

He added that the PDP violated section 177 of the 1999 constitution, hence coypd not sponsor candidates in an election.

The court however declared all the second runners up in the March 18 elections as winners.

Those sacked are; Timothy Dantong (Riyom), Rimyat Nanbol,- (Langtang North Central), Moses Sule (Mikang), Salome Waklek,-Pankshin, Bala Fwangji (Mangu South), Maren Ishaku (Bokkos), Dagogot (Quaanpan North) and Nannim Langyi,-(Langtang North North).

Others are Nimchak Rims (Langtang South) Danjuma Azi (Jos North West) Gwottson Fom (Jos South) and Abubakar Sani idris (Mangu North)
respectively.

With the development, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is now the leading party in the parliament.

Fehintola Ambali-Salam

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