Court nullifies Okorocha's in-law's participation in 2019 Imo governorship election

A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the participation by Uche Nwosu in the last general election in Imo State as a governorship candidate.

Justice Ekwo observed that Nwosu participated in the APC’s primary held on October 6, 2018 and was nominated as its governorship candidate. But that, while still holding on to the APC ticket, he went before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja and obtained an order made in is favour by Justice Valentine Ashi , which upheld is claim to being APC’s candidate.

The judge equally declared that Nwosu’s nomination by AA as its governorship candidate, was invalid, null and void, having been made at the pendency of a similar nomination of the 2nd defendant by the APC for the same position”. The judgement was on a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/235/2019 filed on February 27, 2019 by the Action People’s Party and its Deputy National Chairman, Uche Nnadi, in which they argued, among others, that Nwosu was not a valid candidate in the election on grounds of multiplicity of nominations by both the APC and AA.

The judge added that Nwosu failed to provide any contrary evidence to the plaintiffs’ evidence that he was nominated by both the APC and the AA.He also noted INEC, who was equally sued in the case failed to participate in the proceedings by filing documents. “An order of this honourable court is hereby made directing the 1st defendant to remove the name of the 2nd defendant as the governorship of the 3rd defendant in the 2019 Imo State governorship election for multiple nomination in violation of the provision of section 37 of the Electoral Act 2018 .

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