The
legal battle over the conduct of the last governorship election held in Anambra
State last November has shifted to the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu today.
A
five man special panel headed by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, a Justice of
Court of Appeal from Port Harcourt Division will hear three appeals filed by
the trio of Senator Chris Ngige of All Progressives Congress (APC), Tony Nwoye
of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dr. Chike Obidigbo of All Progressives
Grand Alliance (APGA) all challenging the judgments delivered by the
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Ishaq Bello on the
4th of June 2014.
While Ngige and Nwoye in their respective Notices of Appeal seek the upturning of the tribunal judgment and the nullification of the entire governorship election on the basis of acts of alleged irregularities and the non-qualification of the APGA candidate, Willie Obiano, Obidigbo wants the judgment set aside and a declaration made in his favour that he and not Obiano was the authentic APGA candidate in the said election.
Leading
the legal team for Senator Ngige and APC in the appeal is a former NBA
President and ACN governorship candidate in the Ondo Governorship election of
2012, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) while a former resident electoral
commissioner (REC) for INEC and now private legal practitioner, Mr. Ahmed Raji
(SAN) will be leading the team for INEC.
An Onitsha
based legal practitioner, Mr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) will be leading the team for
Obiano with Mr. Patrick Ikwueto, SAN appearing for APGA.
All briefs
of argument have been filed and exchanged by the parties.
Based on the
provisions of the constitution, judgment in the three appeals will be delivered
on or before the 3rd of August 2014.
1 comment:
Well, I hope Willie wins again.
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