The Court of Appeal Abuja has affirmed the victory of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Jibrin Isah.
The appellate court ruled on Thursday that the witness on whom the tribunal based its decision was incompetent.
The exhibits given by the witness were later removed from the records by the court.
The appellate court, thereafter, set aside the judgment of the tribunal and affirmed Isah’s victory.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Isah of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kogi East Senatorial District election.
But the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second in the election, Victor Adoji, had challenged the return of Isah on the grounds that elections were cancelled in some polling units where the permanent voter cards (PVCs) collected were more than the margin of win.
He, however, pleaded with the tribunal to nullify the victory of Isah and ordered a supplementary election in the affected 94 polling units in the senatorial district.
In a unanimous Judgement, the tribunal ordered a rerun in 94 polling units where there were irregularities in the last general election.
Not pleased with the judgment, Isah filed an appeal against the decision of the lower court.