Senator George Sekibo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker from Rivers State has been sacked by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
The court upheld an earlier ruling of the Rivers National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal. The three-member appeal panel led by Adamu Jauro delivered its judgement on Thursday 24th August, 2017.
The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return from Mr. Sekibo and give same to Andrew Uchendu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The senator contested the December 2016 Rivers legislative rerun polls as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was then announced as the winner by INEC.
In June, the tribunal nullified Mr. Sekibo’s election, saying that Mr. Uchendu earned the majority of lawful votes cast and that there was substantial non-compliance with the electoral law in the process of the poll. But Sen. Sekibo approached the appeal court, expressing dissatisfaction with the tribunal’s ruling.