The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Jamilu Barade, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The three-man panel of the appellate court in a judgment delivered late Monday also ordered a rerun in some polling units.
The court set aside the ruling of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which had earlier affirmed the election of Mr Barade as the duly elected member representing Bauchi Central State constituency.
The APC candidate, Aliyu Ilela, had filed a petition at the tribunal challenging the declaration of Dahiru as winner of the election, claiming that there was overvoting in nine polling units, the tribunal however dismissed the petition.
But dissatisfied with the judgment, the APC candidate went on appeal to further his case which the Appeal Court decided in his favour ordering for a rerun in a number of the polling units.
The court further ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to retrieve the Certificate of Return earlier issued to the Deputy Speaker.
The court therefore ordered elections in some polling units in the constituency, where the appellant alleged over-voting.
