THE Court of AppealFriday upheld the decision of the Federal High Court which voided the INEC Certificates of Return of 10 defunct CPC lawmakers from Katsina State.
Those whose certificates were voided are Sen. Abubakar Yar’adua, Katsina Central; Sen. Hadi Sirika, Katsina North; Hon. Ahmed Kaita and Hon. Salisu Salisco.
The others are Hon. Umar Abubakar, Hon. Salisu Daura, Isa Doro, Hon. Sani Mashi, Hon. Abbas Machika and Hon. Mansur Funtua.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Jimi Bada, who delivered the judgment in Abuja, held that the leadership of the National Assembly erred by accepting to swear-in the appellants in spite of a subsisting court order.
Bada said that the Federal High Court was right to have dismissed the objection raised by the appellants.
“The certificate of returns issued to the appellants is a nullity as INEC issued them without order from any court or tribunal,’’ he said.
Source: Guardian
