APC vows to appeal Ekweremadu’s victory TuesdayThoughts Nigerians
The All Progressives Congress says it will appeal the victory of former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, at the State and National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Enugu State.News Agency of NigeriaThe candidate of the APC in Enugu West Senatorial Zone in the February 23 general elections, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, had approached the tribunal following the return of Ekweremadu as the winner of the poll.
Nwoye, however, said that necessary steps had already been taken to appeal the decision of the tribunal which he described as a ‘template judgement’. He said that the party was disappointed at the decision of the tribunal after the party’s legal team had put up a formidable argument to prove their case.
“We are shocked that the case turned out this way in spite of the overwhelming evidence we adduced,” he said.Mr Patrick Luke, the petitioners’ counsel, said that his clients had instructed him to appeal the judgment. Luke said that the petitioners did all they could to prove their case, “but the trial court decided otherwise. We have instruction from our clients to appeal the judgment.”DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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