A magistrate’s court in Wuse, Zone 6, Abuja, has convicted Victor Mela, a member of the house of representatives, of giving false information to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable hi contest the 2019 election.
The federal capital territory police command had accused Mela, who represents Billiri/Balanga federal constituency of Gombe state, of lying under oath while filing the INEC form CF001 prior to the 2019 elections.
The presiding judge, however, set a different date for the sentence of the lawmaker after his lawyer took a plea.
INEC had declared Mela, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), winner of the house of representatives election (Billiri/Balanga federal constituency) which held in February 2019.
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Although Ali Isa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, had challenged Mela’s victory in the election, the national assembly election petition tribunal and the court of appeal, Jos division, declared the APC candidate as the duly elected representative of the constituency.
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