Governorship Election: Court Affirms Candidacy Of Senator Anyogu.
Updated March 7, 2019The court of Appeal has affirmed Senator Anyogu Eze as the governorship candidate of the all progressive congress for the Saturday governorship election.
In the judgment, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment of Justice Iyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja who had earlier ordered inec to replace him with one Barrister George ogara as the APC governorship in Enugu state.Justice Aboki voided the Federal High Court decision on the grounds that the suit brought before it had become statu barred and not competent in law having been filed outside the mandatory fourteen days stipulated by section 285 subsection 9 of the 1999 constitution.
In the instant case Justice Aboki held that the case was filed more than thirty – two clear days after the primaries which took place on the 4th of October, thereby rendering the suit to a mere academic exercise.
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