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September 2, 2019
The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo, on Monday, has nullified the election of Bamidele Salam, who represents Ede Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
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Thethree-man panel, headed by Justice Eyo Ita, in their unanimous judgment ordereda rerun in 12 units  of the Federalconstituency.
JusticeIta, who read the judgment held that there was over-voting in the affectedunits and there was need for a rerun to know the actual winner of the election.
Thepanel held that after cancellation of elections in units where over-voting wasestablished, the margin of victory between the winner and the petitioner, wasless than the number of registered voters in the affected units.
Thetribunal ordered that rerun elections should be held in Ede North, Ede South ,Egbedore and Ejigbo .
AdejareBello of the All Progressives Congress, APC had challenged the victory ofSalam,PDP as the winner of February 23 National Assembly election in EdeFederal constituency.