Smart Adeyemi sworn in as senator

Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was yesterday sworn in as Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District.

Our correspondent reports that the emergence of  Adeyemi to the senate had increased the number of APC senators to 63, PDP 45 while YPP has one senator.

This followed his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of Kogi West senatorial district in the November 30 supplementary election.

Adeyemi had approached the 2019 election petition tribunal seeking the nullification of Sen.Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) election on grounds of irregularities in the Feb. 23 senatorial election.

The tribunal had nullified the election and ordered for a re-run of the election.

Dino, not satisfied with the decision of the tribunal, appealed the judgment of the tribunal at the Court of Appeal which later upheld the judgment of the tribunal.

Following the conduct of elections for the Kogi West -Senatorial district by INEC on Nov.16 and supplementary election on Nov 30, Adeyemi was declared winner of the election.

Melaye had since rejected the outcome of the election.