- The APC lawmaker representing the Ileoluji/Okeigbo constituency in the Ondo State House of Assembly, Nelson Akinsuroju, has been sacked by the tribunal
- Babatunde Fadare of the PDP had filed a petition before the tribunal to challenge the declaration of Akinsuroju as the winner of the March 18 House of Assembly election for the constituency
- According to the judgment, the election that produced Akinsuroju was inconclusive, and INEC has been ordered to conduct a supplementary poll in the affected polling units
Akure, Ondo – The Ondo State House of Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Akure has sacked a lawmaker of the state assembly representing the Ileoluji/Okeigbo constituency, Nelson Akinsuroju of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Babatunde Fadare, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, filed a petition against the declaration of Akinsuroju as the winner of the March 18 State House of Assembly election, Vanguard reported.