AN Anambra High Court sitting in Awka Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to list the name of Senator Ugochukwu Uba as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election.

The court presided over by Justice Obiora Nwabunike also awarded N10 million damages against the defendants namely, the PDP and Mr. Val Ozigbo, the other candidate of the party produced at the primary supervised by the leadership of PDP.

According to the judge, the primary that produced Uba was the authentic one because there was a court ruling by Justice Adeniyi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, which had not been vacated.

“An order of court, whether it is right or wrong, must be obeyed until it is vacated. The peculiarity of this case is that there was an existing court order that is still alive” he said.

He said the plaintiff, Uba, relied on the judgment of the FCT High Court to conduct the PDP primary that took place at Paul University, Awka on the 26th of June, explaining that since the PDP did not like the judgment of the FCT High Court, it should have endeavoured to vacate it before deciding to use super delegates during the primary that produced Ozigbo.

He added: ‘Super delegates are officials of PDP. It is their right to serve as delegates, but the issue was that there was a court judgment. Having conducted the primary, this court notes that it was not done according to the law, which might be why PDP appealed against it. The court order, which produced Senator Uba is still existing.”

Justice Nwabunike also dismissed the issue of lack of jurisdiction prayed for by the defendants, stating that jurisdiction, which he described as the livewire of court, was invested in his court by the provisions of the Electoral Act.

Justice Uba had approached the court to declare that the primary held at Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka, which produced Val Ozigbo was in disobedience to the rule of the court and prayed court to declare him as the duly nominated candidate of PDP for the November 6, 2021 government election in Anambra State.

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Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Court war.
Buhari desperate to install a supreme Court governor in Anambra state.
Come to think of it, how many states can Mr Supreme Uzodimma be allowed to handle at once?

At end of the day, APGA and PDP may not even have candidates on the ballots..

Vote Andy Ubah Of APC, Maka Oga N'iru Ndi Anambra State..

Is this Uba a sibling to Andy and Chris?

APC don turn PDP for Anambra?

APC are desperately trying force UBA on anambra people

And they were celebrating fake news on the other thread. The Ubas are politically indestructible in PDP. Ozigbo will have to beg or he will waste the little money he made from Transcorp hotel because Chris Uba is the grandmaster of Anambra state PDP.

Only in Nigeria will a State High Court and Federal High Court seats and give conflicting orders on same case, thereby creating more confusion that solving the issue

The PDP still has COURT ORDER
APGA status quo/COURT ORDER

By law, Ozigbo is expected to pay the 10 million naira damages to Ugochukwu Uba within 21 days or risk imprisonment. Correct me if I am wrong.

Garfield1
Fergie001
Senatordave

Ezewuzie01:
By law, Ozigbo is expected to pay the 10 million naira damages to Ugochukwu Uba within 21 days or risk imprisonment. Correct me if I am wrong.
Garfied1
Senatordave1

Yes, if he doesn't appeal....he has only 13 days more to appeal though.

Ezewuzie01:
And they were celebrating fake news on the other thread. The Ubas are politically indestructible in PDP. Ozigbo will have to beg or he will waste the little money he made from Transcorp hotel because Chris Uba is the grandmaster of Anambra state PDP.

It wasn't fake.
The case is in three Courts.
FCT High Court....Ozigbo instituted that, he has withdrawn it.

FHC, Awka....Ekwochi (an aspirant) instituted that, but exparte vacated. Substantive suit to take place.

Then this....against Uba. (The first two got him success today, but not the third).

fergie001:

Yes, if he doesn't appeal.

Alright. That means the new Court of Appeal Awka might soon hear its first high profile case

Ezewuzie01:
Alright. That means the new Court of Appeal Awka might soon hear its first high profile case

Yes....Justices Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme (Presiding), Isaiah Olufemi Akeju & Patricia Ajuma Mahmoud...are the three sitting Justices in Awka Appeal Court.

With the way court orders are flying around regarding this Anambra election, INEC self go confuse on what to do. This is the third court order I’m reading about today alone.