Hon. Justice Mohammed Tukur led Panel 1 of the National and State Houses of Assembly Plateau Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos on Tuesday upturned the election of Hon. Beni Lar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as member Langtang North/South Fed constituency.
It declared Hon. Vincent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election.
The Nation reports Lar is a fifth-term member of the House of representatives.
The National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal also nullified the election of a two-term member of the House of Representatives in Plateau State, Dachung Musa Bagos.
Bagos, who represents Jos South/Jos East Federal constituency, was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
In nullifying Bagos’s election, the tribunal declared the Labour Party candidate, Ajang Alfred as winner of the poll and ruled the PDP candidate was not validly nominated to contest the poll.
Bagos is the third PDP candidate whose elections had been nullified in the State by the tribunal.
The other two were Senator Napoleon Bali, who represents Plateau South and Peter Gyengdeng who represents Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal constituency.
