Fresh Trouble For Andy Uba, As Court Nullifies His Participation In Anambra Election |READ WHY
Afnews Editor
Dec 20, 2021
A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified Senator Andy Uba's and the All Progressive Congress's participation in the last November 6 governorship election held in Anambra State on November 6 this year.
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Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Justice Ekwo held that the plaintiff, George Moghalu succeeded in proving that the APC did not conduct a valid primary election from which Uba claimed to have emerged as the party's candidate.
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The judge ordered INEC to delete Uba from its record as a candidate in the election.
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He then ordered the APC to refund to the plaintiff the N22,500.000 he paid for expression of interest and nomination forms since the party failed to conduct a valid primary.
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