The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy Dr Kelechi Igwe for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Inyang Ekwo while delivering judgement in a suit challenging the defection of Umahi with the PDP governorship mandate to another party, held that the 393,042 votes polled by Umahi in the 2019 governorship election belonged to the PDP and cannot be legally transferred to the APC, which the governor defected to.Umahi left the PDP in November 2020 attributing the action to the “injustice” done to the southeast region of the country.
The PDP asked the court to make a declaration that by defecting from the party on which they were sponsored and elected as governor and deputy governor of Ebonyi state, they have resigned or were deemed to have resigned from office.In the judgment, the court held that having defected to the APC, both Umahi and his deputy, not only dumped the PDP, but also the votes that belonged to it.
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