Senator Uche Ekwunife, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the March 28, Anambra Central senatorial election may not be qualified to participate in the re-run election ordered by the Enugu Appeal panel which nullified her election.

From the full text of the certified true copy of the Appeal Court obtained in Enugu, yesterday, the appellate court held that the 11th respondent (Ekwunife) “was not the product of a valid primary and was therefore, not duly and legitimately nominated.

“That has disqualified her from contesting the election into the Anambra Central district.”

The court cited Supreme Court ruling on Wambai Vs Donatus (2014) that “a person cannot be qualified to be a candidate of a party except and unless he is nominated and sponsored by a political party.”

The court held that neither Ekwunife nor the PDP led evidence to prove that there was a primary and those who participated in such a primary where Ekwunife was elected.

Chairman of the appeal panel Justice A.D. Yahaya, who read the judgment said: “After an election, if a person wishes to challenge the result of the election on ground of nomination/pre- election matter, he can legally do so before a tribunal under Section 138 (1) (a) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended and it is wrong to hold that an election tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine such a matter.”

“Nomination is part and parcel of qualification to stand for an election and since an election can be challenged on the grounds of lack of qualification, it follows that the appropriate forum to challenge it after the election is held is the Election Tribunal.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/a-court-bars-pdp-ekwunife-from-anambra-central-senatorial-re-run/

Wailers food dey dinning table. Another FTC. Dedicating it to God who sent unto us His only Son, Christ Jesus.

Na their way, when one party done dey gain dominance for Naija, dem go use all they have got to disarm the other opposing party.


What ever happened to healthy competition in Naija

No more imposition of candidates

PDP is synonymous with the word rigging.

Story for d gods

I hope PDP will have the respite of fielding another candidate for the election?...Ngige, I'm sure Ngige won't risk resigning from the federal cabinet to contest in thethe re-run.

Why?

Make I hear say Ekwunife no contest again

Sai umeh

HerexG:
Na their way, when one party done dey gain dominance for Naija, dem go use all they have got to disarm the other opposing party.


What ever happened to healthy competition in Naija

was there ever healthy competition we all knew what happened when Obasanjo was in power, if Tinubu wasn't strong enough and determined do you think Lagos state would have been outta the claws of PDP Moreover the point raised in this case have got nothing to do with this administration, if you read the article properly you will see a case been cited as far back as 2014 when PMB was still cuddled up on his bed with Aisha hoping to be the presidential candidate of APC then.

umeh don win this one

OPERATION SWEEP AWAY PDP OUT OF ANAMBRA! APGA HAS COME TO STAY. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

PDP is going down

Feels like a good news

Sooner or later PDP will only be seeing in secondary school social studies textbooks.

Clearly the winner of that election was victor umeh but pdp alongside with ex gov peter obi and pdp produces about 4 candidate for an election. In which the four campaigned vigoriously made inec to declare pdp winner in that said election.

That is authomatic win for APC naa

Go to supreme Court to buy more tym like Wike..........

“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land” (Deuteronomy 15:11) .

let us join hands and help the poor this season
merry Christmas y'all

IamPatriotic:
I hope PDP will have the respite of fielding another candidate for the election?...Ngige, I'm sure Ngige won't risk resigning from the federal cabinet to contest in thethe re-run.

Are you for real? Why will Ngige resign from a role where he wields real power and national appeal to contest to be a mere senator?

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End of the road!

This is not a big news. Many APC legislators were barred in my state

HerexG:
Na their way, when one party done dey gain dominance for Naija, dem go use all they have got to disarm the other opposing party.


What ever happened to healthy competition in Naija

You just don't get it you thickum

canalily:
That is authomatic win for APC naa

What makes you think so? APC can never win anything in Anambra. Yes, read my lips - NEVER!

APGA got this one.

ok

Awesome judge

Umeh is wasting his time n resources.nwoke onye ogologo okpu

Automatic win for APGA.