The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, Ikeja, Lagos State, has nullified the victory of the Labour Party candidate, Thaddeus Atta, and ordered a rerun for the Eti Osa Federal Constituency of Lagos State.
In a judgement delivered yesterday night, the court directed INEC to conduct a supplementary election within 90 days across the affected polling units in the constituency.
According to a post on his official social media handle, Atta said there was no cause for alarm, noting that the court did not sack him. “The Tribunal has simply ordered a re-run (supplementary election) in the 32 polling units where elections did not hold. We will continue working for Etiosa. I urge constituents to keep calm as we are unshaken. We will get through this together,” he said.
Bankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was declared second in the polls and the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro (IBO) had both filed petitions to challenge the elections of February 25.
“We will continue working for Etiosa. I urge constituents to keep calm as we are unshaken. We will get through this together,” Atta said.