Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the red chamber, has again lost his appeal on the election petition tribunal judgment that sacked him as a senator two months ago.
The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, had earlier nullified Melaye’s election in August.
The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Melaye was declared the winner of the Kogi West Senatorial District election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the February 2019 general election.
The results declared by INEC showed that Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 85,395 votes to defeat Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 66,901 votes.
Adeyemi later approached the tribunal to challenge Melaye’s victory and was declared winner on Friday.
A three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke in a unanimous judgment accepted Adeyemi’s ground and ordered for reelection into the Kogi West senatorial district.
Not satisfied with the judgment of Justice Chijioke’s led tribunal, Senator Melaye approached the Appeal Court to appeal the ruling.
The Appeal Court eventually upheld the judgment of the tribunal and ordered a fresh election within 90 days.
