The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, from the Senate.
The Independent Mirror reported that the appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, said it was satisfied that Suswam was not the valid winner of the senatorial election that held in Benue North East.
It faulted the judgement of the Benue State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which returned Suswam of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after it nullified the election victory of Mr. Emmanuel Udende of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to the appellate court, the tribunal wrongly evaluated the evidence that was presented before it by the parties in the matter and thereby arrived at an erroneous conclusion.
