Court bars APC from Anambra election
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday stopped the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the Anambra Central Senatorial District election. It, however, dismissed a suit brought by Sharon Ikeazor, seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept her as a substitute to Dr. Chris Ngige.
Ikeazor had sued INEC before Justice Anwuli Chikere, asking the court to compel the electoral umpire to accept her as the party’s candidate in place of Dr. Chris Ngige who had withdrawn from the election.
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However, delivering judgment on the matter, Justice Chikere held that the time for political parties to nominate candidates for elective position in respect of the 2015 elections had elapsed.
“The time for the nomination, withdrawal or substitution of candidates for the election in Anambra Central Senatorial District Election has elapsed. She held that “as decided by the Court of Appeal in the case of Labour Party against INEC, there is no room for fresh candidates in a court ordered election. Consequently, the judge dismissed the suit for lacking in merit.
The Supreme Court had on February 10 put to rest the legal battle that had denied the people of Anambra Central Senatorial District representation at the upper chamber of the National Assembly as it dismissed an appeal filed by Senator Uche Ekwunife, challenging the cancellation of her election for the district.
The Anambra State Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal Division in Awka had nullified the election that produced Ekwunife who was a candidate of the PDP in the said poll and ordered a fresh poll to fill the vacancy.
However, dissatisfied with the decision at appellate court, Ekwunife approached the Supreme Court to set aside the verdict. But delivering judgment in the dispute last month by a five man panel of the apex court headed by Justice Tanko Mohammed, the court held that it had no jurisdiction to entertain matters emanating from the conduct of National Assembly elections. In the lead judgement that was handed down by Justice Amina Augie, the court had affirmed the position of the respondent in the suit, Chief Victor Umeh of the All Progressive Grand Alliance who was Ekwunife’s challenger at the lower courts.
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