Appeal court sacks Labour Party lawmaker in Lagos

Following the Lagos State House of Assembly election in the Amuwo-Odofin II Constituency, Olukayode Doherty, the candidate for the Labour Party (LP), was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

Rauf Age-Suleiman, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), was pronounced the election’s victor and Doherty was dismissed, according to an earlier decision affirmed by the court and the Election Petition Tribunal.

The panel had mandated that Sulaiman be given the certificate of return identifying him as the election winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Based on the court’s ruling, a candidate who did not fully engage in the election process cannot be proclaimed the winner under the Electoral Act of 2022.