Enugu zone of the Court of Appeal has
dismissed the appeal brought before it by Chris Ngige, the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 16, 2013 election.
dismissed the appeal brought before it by Chris Ngige, the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 16, 2013 election.
Mr. Ngige had asked the appeal court to
overturn the verdict of the Anambra State Governorship Election Tribunal that
had earlier upheld the election of Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance, APGA, as the Anambra governor.
overturn the verdict of the Anambra State Governorship Election Tribunal that
had earlier upheld the election of Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance, APGA, as the Anambra governor.
Mr. Obiano was sworn in March 2014.
The court in upholding the judgment
dismissed all the four appeals against the election of the governor.
dismissed all the four appeals against the election of the governor.
The presiding justice Mohammed Lawal Garba
while pronouncing lead judgement on the appeal filed by APC governorship
candidate, Sen. Chris Ngige, resolved the 11 issues sought against the
appellant and subsequently dismissed the appeal for incompetence and lack of
merit and awarded N50, 000 cost against the appellant.
On the second appeal filed by the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Tony Nwoye against INEC and Governor Willie
Obiano, another member of the panel, Justice Ejembi Eko who pronounced lead
judgement, dismissed the appeal for lack of merit and awarded N50, 000 cost in
favour of the respondent.
Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Tony Nwoye against INEC and Governor Willie
Obiano, another member of the panel, Justice Ejembi Eko who pronounced lead
judgement, dismissed the appeal for lack of merit and awarded N50, 000 cost in
favour of the respondent.
The third appeal filed by PDP suffered the
same fate of dismissal as Justice Akeju IO in his lead judgement awarded N30,
000 cost against appellant.
same fate of dismissal as Justice Akeju IO in his lead judgement awarded N30,
000 cost against appellant.
Today’s verdict marks the final stage of
any legal challenge to the election of Mr. Obiano.
any legal challenge to the election of Mr. Obiano.
Source: Nigerian Pilot
