A Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse, Zone 6, Abuja has found a member of the House of Representatives, Victor Mela, guilty of lying under oath while filing the CD001 form of the Independent National Electoral Commission prior to the 2019 elections.
The lawmaker, who represents Billiri/Balanga federal constituency of Gombe State, was convicted following prosecution by the Federal Capital Territory police command.
The presiding judge has however set a different date for the sentence of the lawmaker after his lawyer pleaded for leniency.
The presiding judge, however, set a different date for the sentence of the lawmaker after his lawyer pleaded for leniency.
Mela contested under the All Progressives Congress in February 2019 and polled 45,112 votes to defeat Ali Isa JC of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 35,395 at the National Assembly elections.
He is presently the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Solid Minerals.
