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Abia 2023: Appeal court affirms Ikechi Emenike as APC candidate

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Abia State, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, has triumphed once more in the Court of...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief December 01, 2022
Updated March 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM
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Abia 2023: Appeal court affirms Ikechi Emenike as APC candidate

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Abia State, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, has triumphed once more in the Court of Appeals.

His standing as a party candidate was maintained by the Owerri division of the appellate court.

On Wednesday, the Appeal Court decided that Daniel Eke v. APC & ORS, Appeal No. CA/OW/419/2022, was admissible.

Eke, a candidate for governor of Abia on the APC ticket, challenged the outcomes of the party's primary election, which was held on May 26, 2022, on the grounds that the election's conduct had broken both internal party rules and the Electoral Act.

Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court in Umuahia ruled against him, dismissing the case on the grounds that he lacked the legal standing to bring it. Eke wasn’t satisfied with the verdict, so he appealed it to the Owerri Court of Appeal.

The three justices on the appeal panel agreed that the indirect primary election held by APC that produced High Chief Ikechi Emenike as the gubernatorial candidate of APC in Abia State was genuine, and this decision was read by Hon. Justice Pemu Rita Nosakhare.

The appeal court also ruled that APC has the authority to choose the mode of its primaries and hold its primaries in any selected manner, as was done in Abia, where the party employed indirect form to conduct its governorship primary.

The court further determined that INEC must officially announce Emenike as the APC’s legitimately nominated candidate for governor of Abia State.

Most lawsuits, both internal and external to the party, have been filed against Emenike’s candidacy. At least 24 cases were pending as of the most recent count; some were brought by proxy.

On the other hand, the Abia APC gubernatorial candidate has won 23 cases at both the trial and appellate levels.

Tags: 2023 Election, Politics

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