The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to remove the name of Uche Nwosu as a governorship candidate in the last election held in Imo.
In his judgment on Monday, Mr Ekwo upheld the case of the plaintiffs, the Action People’s Party and its Deputy National Chairman, Uche Nnadi, to the effect that Mr Nwosu’s governorship candidature was null and void on the grounds of multiplicity of nominations as a governorship candidate of both the APC and AA.
He noted that Mr Nwosu participated in the APC’s primaries held on October 6, 2018 and was subsequently nominated as the party’s governorship candidate. Mr Ekwo held that Mr Nwosu, through his lawyers, failed to offer any valid rebuttal to the plaintiffs’ evidence that he was nominated by both the APC and the AA, while INEC filed no papers in the case.The judge ruled, “It is illegal in the eyes of the law. No one is allowed to benefit from an illegal act.
“An order of this honourable court is hereby made restraining the 1st defendant from giving value to any act done in pursuance of the 2nd defendant purported candidature of the 3rd defendant and/or any other political party in the 2019 Imo State governorship election.”
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