The three-member panel presided over by Abiri JCA held that Mr Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, complied with the constitutional provisions of the electoral act during the electioneering period.The court also set aside the prayer seeking to disqualify Mr Kalu from the election for admitting before a Federal High Court that he was convicted of fraud.
The court resolved that Mr Kalu was eligible to contest the senatorial election because his trial and conviction on fraud allegation were nullified by the Supreme Court.A former senator representing Adamawa North, Elisha Abbo, had earlier alleged that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was plotting to influence court judgement against five senators who opposed his senate presidency ambition.
The former senator who was sacked by an appeal court sitting in Abuja in October named Mr Kalu as one of the five senators that will be sacked by the appeal court.Aside from Mr Abbo, those who have been sacked are, Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere , Simon Mwadkwon and Darlington Nwokocha . Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent governmentFor continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.
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