2023: Jubilation as Court Gives Final Verdict on PDP’s Case in Powerful APC Governor’s State
- The court has given its final judgement, announcing Ifeanyi Odii as the Governorship Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State
- In a ruling on Friday, The Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court affirmed Odili as the authentic PDP candidate while noting Tochukwu Okorie suit lacked merit
- Reacting to the development, the lawyer representing the PDP candidate hailed the recent court judgement noting it supersedes previous court judgment of 'courts of coordinate jurisdiction'
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On Friday, December 9, the Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court, declared Dr Ifeanyi Odii as the authentic governorship candidate of the party after emerging as the winner of the governorship primary on May 29.
The Court gave the ruling in a suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/2020/2022 filed by one Tochukwu Okorie against the PDP and Independent National Electoral Commission, The Punch reported.
Source: UGC
Okorie had argued the court to cancel the PDP primary in Ebonyi State on May 28 and 29 as it was conducted in flagrant disobedience of the order of the Court of Appeal, staying the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which had declared Joseph Sila Onu as the Ebonyi State Chairman of the party.
The recent court's ruling
In his suit, the plaintiff had prayed the court to set aside the actions of the PDP taken against the subsisting orders of the court.
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In his ruling, Justice Fatun Riman however dismissed the matter and lambasted Okorie for abusing court processes by instituting similar matters across various jurisdictions of the Federal High Court in the country, Daily Independent added.
The court, therefore, set aside the prayers of Tochukwu for lacking in merit.
PDP lawyer reacts
Reacting, a Lawyer to the PDP, Mudi Erhenede hailed the court for the judgement.
He noted that with the judgement the earlier judgement issued by the Abuja Division of the court two days ago nullifying the congresses and primaries of the party has been vacated.
“When you have two judgement of courts of coordinate jurisdiction, the later judgement supercedes.”
Crushing disgrace as court sacks all APC chairmen, councilors in famous state
The Federal High Court in Abakaliki has voided the Ebonyi local government elections and sacked all 13 council chairmen and 171 ward councilors.
Justice Fatun Riman who presided over the proceeding on Friday, December 9, ordered the seizure of the monthly federal allocation of the chairmen until the rightful chief executives are elected.
The court gave this verdict n the premise that the election conducted by the State independent electoral commission, (EBSIEC) on May 31 was illegal and unconstitutional.
Appeal Court gives verdict on suit challenging Umahi's emergence as Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate
David Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi had been affirmed as the validly elected candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ebonyi South senatorial election in 2023.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed Umahi as the authentic candidate on Friday, September 30.
Legit.ng noted that Ann Agom-Eze had challenged Umahi’s emergence as the APC candidate for the senatorial district.
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