An Abuja Division of the
Federal High Court has ordered the immediate return of Obiora Okonkwo
of the Peoples Democratic Party as the senator representing the Anambra
Central Senatorial District. Justice John Tsoho gave the ruling on Wednesday after counsel to other parties in the matter withdrew their arguments against the plaintiff.
The judge said he was
inclined to grant the request sort by the plaintiff because all the
defendants indicated that they had no objection to the suit.
The defendants who
consented to the claims sort by Mr. Okonkwo are the PDP; its former
chairman, Adamu Muazu; INEC; and Uche Ekwunife, a former senator and
former member of the PDP.
This court judgement comes few weeks after INEC fixed January 13 for election of a new senator to occupy the seat. INEC's position was based on an earlier ruling of an Appeal court in the case instituted by Chief Victor Umeh and APGA, and would invariably cut short the celebrations that had erupted in the APGA camp as it was expected that on the back of a wonderful outing during the governorship polls,APGA would snatch the senatorial seat easily as only APC would be eligible to contest.As it stands, Anambra Central Senatorial zone now has a Senator.
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