Appeal Court sacks Nasarawa Assembly speaker

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday the victory of Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi in the March 18 election held in Umaisha/Ugya State Constituency of Nasarawa State.

Abdullahi, who represented the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, is the speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.

He was declared the winner of the election ahead of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Sa’ad Abdullahi Ibrahim, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).