Nigeria: Election Tribunal Sacks Labour Party Federal Lawmaker in Enugu

12 September 2023
Premium Times (Abuja)

The court asked INEC to present a certificate of return to the candidate of the PDP.

The National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu, on Tuesday, sacked Sunday Umeha of the Labour Party (LP), representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State.

The panel, led by Justice A.M. Abubakar, declared Festus Uzor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the 25 February poll.

Mr Abubakar, while ruling on the petition filed by Mr Uzor, averred that Mr Umeha did not properly resign from the PDP before picking up the LP's ticket.

The panel also held that even the purported resignation letter tendered by Mr Umeha was signed by someone who was no longer a leader of the PDP.

It, thereafter, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a fresh certificate of return to Mr Uzor as the duly elected representative of the constituency.

Read the original article on Premium Times.

Tagged:
Copyright © 2023 Premium Times. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.