The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16, 2013, Anambra State governorship election, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday vowed to challenge the ruling of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Awka, which upheld the application of the governorelect, Chief Willy Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), seeking the excision of some paragraphs of the petition filed by Ngige.
After the pre-trial ruling yesterday by the Justice Ishaq Bello-led panel, on the application of Obiano challenging some paragraphs of the Ngige’s petition challenging the return of the APGA candidate as the winner in the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN), who stood in for Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), lead counsel for Ngige and APC, told the tribunal that the petitioner would appeal the judgment.
Ngige told the tribunal that the petitioners were going to contest all the rulings of the tribunal so far delivered. He requested the tribunal to make the copies of the rulings available quick enough to them to enable them to approach the appellate court soon enough.
As was the case of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the election, Chief Tony Nwoye, who had greater potent part of his petition struck out last Monday by the tribunal, Ngige’s petition suffered the same fate yesterday when the tribunal had upheld the applications of counsel to Chief Obiano, APGA and INEC, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), Chief Patrick Ikweto (SAN) and Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) respectively seeking the striking out of some paragraphs of Ngige’s petition.
Source: New Telegraph
