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Drama as Appeal Court reinstates Ifeanyi Ubah as senator
Published March 20, 2020

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja



The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday voided the order of an Abuja High Court which sacked Ifeanyi Ubah, as the senator representing Anambra South.

A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court held that the judgment delivered by Justice Bello Kawu of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory was a nullity because the suit was unlawfully instituted.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Ubah, the candidate of the Young Progressive Party, as winner of the February 23, 2019, Anambra South Senatorial election.


His election was also upheld by the Anambra State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.

However, Justice Bello Kawu, while delivering a judgment on April 11, 2019, in a suit filed by one Anani Chuka, nullified Ubah’s election for allegedly submitting a forged National Examination Council certificate to INEC.

After sacking Ubah, the court ordered INEC to withdraw his certificate of return and issue a fresh one to Dr Obinna Uzoh of the Peoples Democratic Party, who came second in the election.


Justice Kawu on January 17, 2020 also refused Ubah’s application seeking to set aside the judgment because he was denied fair hearing.

Dissatisfied, Ubah on March 6, 2020 through his lead lawyer, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), approached the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment because the originating summons was incompetent.

In the unanimous judgment read by Justice Stephen Adah, the court held that its findings revealed that the originating summons that led to Ubah’s sack was not signed by any legal practitioner.


There was however a mild drama after the judgment as some policemen stormed the court premises to arrest a lawyer identified to be Uzoh’s son.

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The policemen, who showed a bench warrant to arrest Uzoh, insisted on arresting his son since he was not in court and forcefully took him away.

Our correspondent heard them saying they were taking him to the force headquarters based on “an order from above






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Ifeanyi Uba won the election fair and square.
He was the popular candidate for that election and he got the highest votes

EmekaMD:
Ifeanyi Uba won the election fair and square.
He was the popular candidate for that election and he got the highest votes

I believed he might have won based on highest vote, however, where the challenge is the result he submitted, (NECO).

You may need to ask he is a PHD holder, now when did NECO starts, when did he enroll into the university? I think this is where the opposition is taking his advantage from.

So?

PDP knowing fully well they have lost popularity they now seek to win election from the court room sithing silly reasons from diffrences in names, or errors in certificate... shameless party, they are not hustling for Edo and Ondo now, but soon they would start engaging their fruadulent lawyers and their God mother Odili's service


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