The APC assumed control of the major primary officer seats in the Upper Chamber of the legislature since it had the most senators in the Red Chamber.
However, it seemed as though the party had begun to lose its dominance in the National Assembly, particularly the Senate. In their states’ Senatorial Election Petition Tribunals, some APC senators have lost.
The tribunal has removed three APC senators from office during their first 100 days in office. Either a repeat was mandated by the court, or the rival party’s candidate was proclaimed the victor.
Senator Thomas Onowakpo, Delta South
On Wednesday, September 6, the Delta State Senatorial Election Tribunal sacked the APC lawmaker and ordered a rerun of the election within 90 days.
The court’s decision followed a petition by Michael Diden, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who sought the disqualification of Onowakpo, citing the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to follow due process in the declaration.
Jibrin Isah, Kogi East
The APC lawmaker was sacked by the Kogi State senatorial election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja, the state capital, on Tuesday, September 5, and ordered INEC to conduct a supplementary election in the senatorial district.
PDP’s candidate in the senatorial district has approached the court over the cancellation of the election in 94 polling units with over 59,730 votes. The supplementary poll will be held in the affected polling units.
2`Justice Kemakolam Ojiako of the tribunal sitting in Kogi State sacked Sadiku-Ohere and declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the winner of the February 24 election in the senatorial district.
In her petition before the tribunal, Natasha asked for the nullification of Sadiku-Ohere’s victory, and she should be declared the election winner.
The tribunal had reserved its judgement after the hearing of the petitioner and respondent’s arguments in July.