The election of Buruji Kashamu as the Senator representing
Ogun East Senatorial District, has been overturned by the National and State Assembly
Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Kashamu who won the election on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), was dragged before the tribunal by the candidate of the
All Progressive Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun, and in his ruling, the
tribunal Chairman, Justice Ebiowei Tobi, overturned the victory and ordered
re-run in 110 polling units.
Delivering the judgment earlier today, Justice Ebimowei
noted that there were some irregularities and anomalies during the elections,
ground enough to annul the election and order for a rerun.
Ebimowei specifically noted that Ijebu-Ode Local Government
Area was the only local government that elections were not cancelled due to
irregularities out of the nine LGAs in Ogun East.
Kashamu has been battling the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency, (NDLEA), over his extradition to the UK to answer to drug charges
against him.
Read: "Buruji Kashamu: ‘Extradition case against
Senator not over,’ NDLEA says"
Despite the charges hanging on his neck, members of the
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) handed Kashamu the 'Golden Man
of the Year', thereby causing serious division within its rank.