Tribunal Fires Orji Kalu from Senate, Orders For New Election

Tribunal has fired the senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu – Until his sack, Kalu was the Senate chief whip

New election has also been ordered in the senatorial district by the tribunal.

The election of the Senate chief whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, into the Senate, has been nullified by the National and state Assembly election petitions tribunal sitting in Abia state.

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It was reported that Kalu, who represents Abia North at the red chamber, lost his seat on Monday, September 9.

It gathered that the tribunal, however, ordered for a rerun election for the Abia North senatorial district.

It would be recalled that until the tribunal’s pronouncement, Kalu, a senator under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was inaugurated alongside other federal lawmakers for the 9th National Assembly.

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