Appeal Court Sacks Benue Speaker.Hon Terhemen Tarzoor.

An Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi has annulled the election of the speaker Hon.Terhemen Tarzoor.It will be recalled that  Benue State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi  nullified the election of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Terhemen Tarzoor of the PDP on the 16 september 2011.

The Tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return it issued to Mr. Tarzoor and hand it over to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) State House of Assembly candidate for Makurdi North, Mr. Avine Agbom.

Agbom had petitioned the tribunal over alleged irregularities in five polling units of Benue North Constituency where he said that elections were not conducted in accordance with the 2010 Electoral Act.

After approaching the Appeal Court,His election was finally annuled today.