The Federal High Court sitting in
Awka, Anambra State has fixed
December 5, for hearing in the suit
filed by Hon. Uche Ekwunife
challenging the candidature of Chief
Willie Obiano, the All Progressives
Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in
the November 16, governorship
election in the state over alleged
double registration.
Ekwunife, a member of the House of
Representatives for Anaocha/Njikoka/
Dunukofia federal constituency of
Anambra State who came second in
the August 26, APGA primaries that
threw up Obiano as candidate of the
party had penultimate week
approached the Federal High Court,
Awka, praying it to declare her as the
governorship candidate of APGA in
place of Obiano whom she alleged
engaged in double registration.
The matter was yesterday assigned
to court II of the Federal High Court,
Awka which has Hon. Justice M.L
Abubakar as the presiding judge for
hearing.
Ekwunife had in her suit prayed for
the following reliefs: “An order of this
court directing the 2nd defendant to
delete the name of the 1st defendant
from Anambra State Voter’s Register
and as the candidate of the 3rd
defendant in the 2013 Anambra State
governorship elections
“An order of this court restraining the
2nd and 3rd defendants from dealing
with the 1st defendant as the 3rd
defendant’s governorship candidate
for the 2013 governorship election in
Anambra State
“An order of this court directing the
3rd defendant to substitute the name
of the 1st defendant submitted to the
2nd defendant as the gubernatorial
candidate of the 3rd defendant in
2013 Anambra State governorship
election with the name of the plaintiff,
the plaintiff being the person who
came 2nd in the governorship
primary elections of the 3rd
defendant wherein the 1st defendant
emerged as the governorship
candidate of the 3rd defendant in the
2013 Anambra State governorship
election.
“A declaration that the 1st defendant
is not entitled to vote and be voted for
in the 2013 governorship election in
Anambra State by virtue of Section
178 (5) of the 1999 constitution of
Nigeria (as amended)
“A declaration that the 1st defendant
by the combined effect of sections
9(1) (2) (3), 2 and 3 and Section 24
(1) (e) of the 2010 Electoral Act of
Nigeria (as amended) is not a validly
registered voter in Anambra State
entitled to have his name in the
Anambra Sate voter register kept by
the 2nd defendant.”
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