Chukwuma vs Chukwuma: Court throws Soludo out, declares Umeoji Anambra APGA gov’ship candidate
The High Court, sitting in Owerri, on Thursday, ruled in favour of Chukwuma Umeoji as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, thereby throwing out a former Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Chukwuma Soludo.
The court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recongise the Owerri Convention that produced Jude Okeke as the Chairman of the party.
The court struck out the suit filed by Victor Oye asking it to stop the electoral body from recognising and publishing the name of Umeoji as the candidate of the party in the forthcoming election.
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The court, however, granted Victor Oye the grace to appeal the earlier judgement, but refused to grant the order for Stay of Execution.
The court also went ahead to reaffirm its earlier judgment.
Following today’s judgement, the electoral body has been restrained from removing the name of Umeoji as the candidate of APGA from its list.
Recall that the court of Appeal in Kano, on August 10, set aside another judgment of the Jigawa High Court which also held that Chief Jude Okeke is National Chairman of APGA and the congress held by him is valid.
The court, however, did not state who is the valid candidate of the party in the forthcoming election.
