A mayoralty candidate in Lugus, Sulu who filed an election protest against his opponent who was proclaimed winner by the Municipal Board of Canvassers in the May 17, 2007 election, won his case and was declared by the court as the duly elected mayor of that municipality.
In a 13-page decision, Bensaudi I. Arabani Sr., acting presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court-9 Judicial Region Branch 25-Siasi, Sulu, declared Mansul D. Aradais as the duly elected mayor of Lugus, Sulu having obtained the the majority votes in the 2007 election.