The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barr. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected Senator of the 2023 Kogi Central senatorial election.
In a ruling delivered by the panel of Justices led by Justice K.A. Orjiako held that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan proved beyond reasonable doubt issues of malpractices and irregularities during the senatorial election.
The further Tribunal held that Barr. Natasha of PDP scored 54,354 lawful votes while Ohere of APC scored 51,291 votes.
The Tribunal consequently declared the election of Ohere of APC null and void and declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of PDP as the duly elected Senator of Kogi Central senatorial district with a 3,063 votes margin.
The Tribunal went further to describe the act of vote deduction as a terrible act and ordered APC/Ohere to pay a fine of N500,000 to Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of PDP.
