September 17, (THEWILL) – Music executive and politician, Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, has reacted to the judgment of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sacking Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party as lawmaker representing Eti Osa Federal Constituency of Lagos State.
Banky W, in a tweet simply said, “It is possible. Still.”
Attah’s two opponents in the National Assembly election held on February 25, 2023 were Banky W of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Babajide Obanikoro of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attah received 24,075 votes, while Banky W got 18,666 votes. Obanikoro of the APC scored 16,901 votes. Subsequently, the candidates of the PDP and APC filed separate appeals at the tribunal on the grounds that the election did not hold in about 40 polling units in the Constituency.
Delivering the judgment, the tribunal agreed with the petitioners and ordered INEC to conduct a supplementary election in 32 polling units within the next 90 days. However, Attah has denied reports that he was sacked by the tribunal.
Reacting, Attah said he was not sacked. According to him, the tribunal ordered a supplementary election in the 32 polling units where the election did not hold.
“No cause for alarm! I am here to clarify that I was not sacked. The Tribunal has simply ordered a re-run supplementary election in the 32 polling units where elections did not hold. We will continue working for Eti-osa. I urge constituents to keep calm as we are unshaken. We will get through this together,” he said.
Meanwhile, just three months after the inauguration of the national assembly, Atth already began to deliver the dividends of democracy to members of his constituents. He procured five 500kva transformers and allocated them to Addo/Badore and Sangotedo communities in Eti-Osa area of Lagos State to address the ongoing power issues affecting the communities.
