News Gov’ship Race: Appeal Court Dismisses PDP’s Bid To Stop Emenike
Emenike and the APC triumphed over the PDP as the Court of Appeal Owerri Division dismissed in its entirety the appeal filed by the Abia ruling party challenging the validity of the APC governorship primary and the emergence of Emenike as the standard bearer.
The Abia PDP had meddled in the internal affairs of the main opposition APC seeking to nullify its governorship primary on the ground that due process was not followed. The ruling party’s ultimate goal was to prevent the major opposition party from presenting a governorship candidate in the 2023 poll.
The party commenced the quest to knock out APC from the governorship race at the Federal High Court Umuahia where it filed suit No. FHC/UM/CS/158/2022, PDP Vs INEC, APC, Ikechi Emenike. The plaintiff even added Uche Ogah among the defendants following his claims that he won a purported governorship primary.
But the case was on November 15, 2022 adjourned sine die by Justice Evelyn Anyadike taking judicial notice that an appeal challenging the validity of the APC primary was pending at the Court of Appeal Abuja. In adjourning the matter sine die, Justice Anyadike reasoned that proceeding with the case could lead to conflicting judgement since a court of coordinate jurisdiction had already delivered a verdict which the defendants appealed against.
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