Judiciary
Appeal Court sacks Dino Melaye, orders fresh election
1 The Court of Appeal on Friday, sacked Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, in Kogi.

2 The Court affirmed the judgment of the Kogi National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.

3 NAN reports that the Kogi National and State Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja sacked Melaye as the representative of Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly.

4 In a judgment delivered by the chairman of the tribunal, Justice A.O Chijoke, ordered that INEC should conduct a fresh election for the district within 90 days.
5 The judgment was on the petition filed by Smart Adeyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Feb. 26 election.(NAN)
6 OMO/SH
7 edited by Sadiya Hamza
