Senator Atai Aidoko in the upper chamber speaks
on Court of Appeal's ruling

The Court of Appeal in Abuja had sacked the
senator representing Kogi east Senatorial District

Aidoko was sacked on grounds that he was not
dully elected in the PDP senatorial primary that
was conducted in 2014

Senator Atai Aidoko, on Tuesday, December 19,
has repeated that his seat has not been
declared vacant by the Court of Appeal.

Aidoko, representing Kogi East while raising a
point of order on the floor of the Senate said
the court only ruled that the matter be taken
back to the High Court.


He added that at no point did the issue of
candidacy or vacant seat come up during the
judgement.


“Yesterday, the media, both social and
mainstream was awashed with news that,
satanic fake news that my constituency seat has
been declared vacant by the Court of Appeal,”
he said.

NAIJ.com previously reported that the Court of
Appeal in Abuja on Monday, December 18, had
sacked the senator representing Kogi east
Senatorial District, from the national assembly
Justice Abdul Aboki declared the seat vacant
while ordering the matter be taken back to the
High Court for retrial.