Justice Bello Kawu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has sacked Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Young Progressive Party (YPP) representing Anambra South Senatorial District over certificate forgery.
Justice Kawu has therefore ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Barrister Dr Obinna Uzor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Senator-Elect.
Justice Bello Kawu made this order in his judgement on the suit filed by Obinna Uzoh, which claimed that the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, presented a forged National Examination Council (NECO) secondary school certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which enabled him to contest the Anambra South Senatorial Election.
Dr. Obinna Uzoh also in his suit also challenged that the Young Progressive Party (YPP) having not conducted the primary elections for its party for the Anambra South Senatorial election, should be disqualified.
In his judgement, Justice Bello Kawu declared that the 2nd defendant, Young Progressive Party, did not have the Locus Standi and should not have participated in the February general election for Anambra South Senatorial Zone.
He also declared that the 4th defendant, Dr. Obinna Uzoh, is the actual winner of the February general election having become the second position in the general election, and having the 1st and 2nd defendants disqualified for non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As amended) and the Electoral Act, 2010 (As amended)
Justice Bello Kawu, therefore, ordered the 3rd defendant, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Certificate of Return to the 4th defendant, Dr. Obinna Uzoh, within 48 hours, as the duly elected Senator for Anambra South Senatorial District, being the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and having scored the highest number of valid votes cast.
He also ordered the Senate President and the Clerk to the National Assembly to swear in Dr. Obinna Uzoh as the Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Anambra South Senatorial District within 48 hours.
In addition, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah made history during the General Elections by contesting on a relatively unknown party, YPP to sack an incumbent senator, Sen.Andy Uba of APC who also doubled as the state chairman of President Buhari campaign council in Anambra. Dr. Ubah who polled 87,081 votes defeated the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Progressives Congress, APC, All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Chiefs Chris Ubah, Andy Ubah, Nicholas Ukachukwu, who polled 52,462, 13,245 and 51,269 votes, respectively.
Ubah left APGA for YPP after the leaders of the party disqualified him for the primary election of the party to pave way for the wife of the late leader of the party, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu who also showed interest in the seat.
Congratulations to Dr Obinna Uzoh for winning yet, another court case after winning that of PDP senatorial primary which was initially won by Chief Ubah…
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