Singer, Banky W gets renewed hope as tribunal sacks LP’s Lagos Reps member
National Assembly Election Petitions in Lagos has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct a supplementary election in 32 polling units in the Eti-Osa Federal constituency within 90 days.
The tribunal, also upturned the election of Thaddeus Attah, of the Labour Party as the winner of the House of Representatives election held on February 25, 2023.
Giving the judgment on Monday, the tribunal ordered agreed with singer, Mr Bankole Wellington, popularly known as ‘Banky W’ and Obanikoro that elections did not hold in about 40 polling units.
INEC had declared that Mr Attah winner of the election with 24,075 votes, defeating Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, of the Peoples Democratic Party who polled 18,666 votes and Babajide Obanikoro of the All Progressives Congress who scored 16,901 votes.
Banky W saw the tribunal ruling as a potential turnaround in his political career to be a federal lawmaker.
In a brief post on his X handle on Monday, he tweeted, “It is possible. Still.”
The spokesperson for the Labour Party in Lagos, Olubunmi Adesanya, confirmed the decision of the tribunal to Peoples Gazette Monday night.
She said, “So what happened was that two of the three judges ruled in favour of supplementary election taking place in some areas, while the third judge said the case should be dismissed.
“We’ll know what the party will do by tomorrow. We’ll await what our legal advisers tell us before we do anything.”