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2023 Election

PDP 2023: Court dismisses suit against Stella Oduah’s senatorial candidacy

On Tuesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah seeking an order invalidating her nomination as P...

Precious John ELIJAH
Precious John ELIJAH November 22, 2022
Updated March 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM
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On Tuesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah seeking an order invalidating her nomination as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate in Anambra.

In a decision, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit as status barred.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Ekwo set today for judgment in the matter filed by John Emeka, an aspirant in the May 27 primary election conducted by the

PDP as well as being overseen by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

As the first, second, and third defendants, the plaintiff had sued Oduah, PDP, and INEC.

Emeka claimed that Oduah lied under oath in both her expression of interest and nomination forms, as well as the INEC Form CF001 which she submitted to the commission for the 2023 Anambra North Senatorial District seat.

In the originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/841/2022 dated and filed on June 8 by his lawyer, Mbanefo Ikwegbue, Emeka prayed the court to declare that the information supplied by Oduah in her INEC Form CF001, with respect to her participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, was false.

He said the senator had, under oath, used the same information to participate in the previous general elections as the PDP’s candidate for the 2015 and 2019 polls for Anambra North Senatorial District.

According to him, the act contravenes Sections 12(1)(a)(b)(c) and 13(1)(a) of the NYSC Act.

He further prayed the court to declare that by reason of the false information given in her INEC Form CF 001 in respect of her participation in the NYSC Scheme, she was not qualified to have contested in the said elections and or any other election into the Nigerian Senate.

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