Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency: Appeal Court affirm Asama’s victory
By Agada Daniel, Jos
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has on Friday upheld the judgement of the Elections Petition Tribunal in Bauchi State, which affirmed Hon. Daniel Asama Ago of the Labour Party (LP) as the valid winner of the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency seat.
The appellate Court also squashed the appeal filed by Hon. Muhammad Adamu Alkali of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) & Anr. Vs INEC & 2 Ors challenging the validity of the election that brought Asama for lacking merit.
The three-member panel unanimously agreed that there was no reason to set aside the tribunal’s judgement in Bauchi State, which had abinitio dismissed the petition in July 2024.
The court found that the evidence presented confirmed that Asama won the election, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following the rerun election held on the 3rd February 2023.
Recalled, Alkali petition hinge on the ground that Asama, candidate of Labour Party did not qualified to participate in the rerun election as he is not among the beneficiary of Appeal Court judgment delivered sometimes in October, 2023.
He also accused the Electoral umpire (INEC) of including Labour Party in the ballot in error, and prayed the Court to declare Asama votes as wasted votes and order INEC to withdraw the certificate of return from Asama and issue to him as the sold winner of the rerun election for Bassa-Jos North Federal Constituency.
