Tribunal Nullifies APC Female Lawmaker in Kwara, Orders Rerun

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital at the weekend nullified the election of Miss Rukayat Shittu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The tribunal, however, ordered the rerun of the election in the five polling units of the constituency.

The 26-year-old Shittu was declared winner of the Owode-Onire constituency of Asa local government area in the March 18, 2023 state House of Assembly election.

The PDP candidate, Abdullahi Yinusa Magaji, had filed a petition over the victory.

In the lead judgement delivered by Justice Ademola Enikuomehin, a member of the three-man tribunal, a rerun was ordered in five polling units.

“The petitioners failed in 12 among the contested polling units while five have been proved. The results so far released are hereby cancelled and the election inconclusive.

“In sum, the petition succeeded in parts and in consequence. I hereby order a rerun of the election in the above polling units to be conducted within 90 days”, the judge submitted.

Shittu, after the victory in March,   made headlines as arguably the youngest lawmaker in the country.