An Appeal Court sitting in Enugu State has dismissed the appeal challenging the Federal High Court judgment nullifying the candidature of Prince Lawrence Eze as the Enugu East senatorial candidate of
the All Progressives Congress in the just concluded 2019 general election.
Subsequently, the court ruled that the plaintiff in the suit, Princess Adaku Ogbu-Aguocha who came second in the APC senatorial primary held on October 2, 2018, was the rightful candidate since Uchenna Ezemba, who won the primary had voluntarily stepped down.Supreme Court strikes out Cross River’s suit on Onnoghen
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice I. I. Agube, JCA and endorsed by Justice J.O.K. Oyewole, JCA and Justice A.S.Umar, JCA, the court ruled that Lawrence Eze was never a candidate in the APC primaries held on October 2, 2019 and so could not have emerged the APC senatorial candidate. The court said, “The imposition of the Appellant as the Candidate of the APC for the Enugu East Senatorial District General Election of 2019 even when he was a member of another Political Party was the height of crass impunity and violation of Electoral Act, 2010 as well as INEC and the APC Guidelines for the conduct of Primary Elections for the nomination or selection of its Candidate”.
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