For forgery and non-participation in Youth Service, Supreme Court sacks APC Reps member

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APC Reps member representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, Mustapha Usman, has been sacked by Nigerian Supreme Court.

In a unanimous judgment on Tuesday, Nigeria’s apex court upheld an appeal marked: SC/790/2019 filed by Abdulra’uf Abdulkadir Modibo also of the APC.

The apex court held that aside that Usman forged his credentials, he also did not participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme.

The five-man panel of the court, led by Justice John Okoro, also ruled ‎that Modibo, who came second in the APC primary, should be issued certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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