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The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia, has sacked Ibe Okwara, of the Labour Party (LP) as the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency.
It declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Dan Okeke as the winner of the 25th of February, 2023 National Assembly election in the constituency.
The Eastern Updates recalls that while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the LP candidate as the winner of the exercise, an unsatisfied Okeke approached the court to seek the nullification of Ibe’s election.
He alleged that the LP candidate’s win did not comply with the provisions of the law.
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Months after his petition, a three-member panel led by its Chairman Justice Adeyinka Aderegbegbe granted his relief and ruled that Ibe’s election did not comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
It subsequently declared the APC candidate as the winner of the poll and ordered INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Ibe and give a fresh one to Okeke.
Similarly, another National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia sacked the lawmaker representing Abia North/South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives Emeka Nnamani of the Labour Party (LP).
The three-man tribunal declared Alex Ikwechegh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the election.
In another report, Chief Victor Umeh who is the Senator representing Anambra Central at the National Assembly, has described his victory at the Election Petition Tribunal as divine, historic, and faultless.
In his view, whomever stood in God’s way would inevitably be destroyed, therefore his opponents had lost the battle because they had challenged God and not him.
The election of the Labour Party (LP) candidate was upheld by the electoral petition tribunal, which met in Awka, Anambra State, on Friday.
Ruling on the petition filed by Dozie Nwankwo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) challenging Umeh on grounds of non-compliance, the tribunal dismissed the petition for lack of merit, stressing it was a party affair to determine its candidate.
