March 9 election: Court sacks governorship candidate in Imo
A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, has sacked governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Imo State, Okey Ezeh.
According to Ringim, evidences before the court showed that at the time the primary of SDP was held, Ezeh could not have been a member of the party. As part of his orders the judge stated that, “Ezeh’s name be replaced with that of the plaintiff and to submit same to the INEC, in line with Section 87 of the constitution.”
“This is yet in furtherance of the futile attempts by some real enemies of Imo State to stop the inevitable victory of Sir Okey Ezeh, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party.
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