Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, has received his Certificate of Return as the Senator to represent Plateau South District.
Lalong received the certificate on Thursday in Abuja, the country’s capital.
Information Nigeria reports that on November 7, the court of appeal in Abuja affirmed the judgment of a tribunal which declared Lalong as the winner of the Plateau south senatorial election.
The three-member panel of the appellate court led by Elfrieda Williams-Dawodu held that the tribunal was correct in its decision.
According to Williams-Dawodu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed to obey a subsisting order of the Plateau high court delivered in 2022 which instructed the party to conduct a fresh congress in the 17 Local Government Areas in the State.
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Note that the tribunal led by Muhammad Tukur had on September 11, ruled that the PDP lacked the right to participate in the election because it failed to obey a previous court order.
The tribunal annulled the victory of Napoleon Bali, candidate of PDP, who won the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bali as the winner of the election after he scored 148,844 votes.
Lalong, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 91, 674 votes.
Following his loss, Lalong accepted the ministerial appointment from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to head the Labour Ministry.
With his collection of the Certificate of Return, Lalong may resign his ministerial appointment and get sworn in at the upper chamber.
