The Supreme Court, on Friday, has declared as null and void the election of a popular lawmaker into the Federal House of Representatives.
A member of the Federal House of Representatives identified as Herman Hembe, who represents Vandikwa/Konshisha constituency of Benue State, has been sacked by the Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja.
The lawmaker was not the valid candidate of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the court ruled.
The court also ordered that Hembe be replaced with Dorathy Mato, who was declared the right winner of the APC primaries.
It was learnt that Hembe was also ordered to return all the salaries and allowances he received as lawmaker since he was sworn in in 2015.
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