The Court of Appeal Abuja Division on Thursday, sacked the member representing Mayo Belwa constituency at the Adamawa state House of Assembly, Hon. Musa Ibrahim Italiya.
The court sack the lawmaker while delivering judgement in an appeal he had filed before appellate court.
The court dismissed his appeal and affirmed the judgement of the tribunal which nullified his election at some polling units, saying that the appeal constituted an abuse of court process.
The court refused to order for re-run election at the affected polling units, saying that an appeal is an abuse of court process.
Equally, it awarded the cost of N500,000 in favour of the respondent, Hon. Musa Mahmud Kallamu against the appellant.
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