For the second time in less than two weeks, the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, has asked the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, to stop parading himself as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 6 February, 2010 governorship election in Anambra State.


Delivering ruling this morning, the Appeal Court ruled that Prof. Soludo was not validly nominated by the party and therefore quashed his nomination.


Justice Mary Odili of the appelate court had on Friday, 4 December granted a preliminary injunction ordering Soludo to stop parading himself as the PDP governorship candidate for the Anambra election.


The injunction was sought by three PDP governorship aspirants, Mr. Valentine Ozoigbo, Nkoli Imo and Ferdinand Okoye who felt embittered by the way and manner Soludo emerged as the PDP governorship candidate. They asked the court to quash the election of Soludo on grounds that his nomination did not follow the provisions of the party.


Justice Danlami Senchi of the Abuja High Court had earlier ruled in favour of Soludo when the three governorship aspirants approached the court to nullify the election of the PDP flagbearer.


They went to the appeal court and sought an interim injunction to restrain Soludo from parading himself as the candidate of the PDP.


The appeal granted them an interim injunction and this made Soludo and the PDP to approach the Supreme Court to quash the ruling of the appellate court.


The apex court declined this and referred the matter back to the appeal court which fixed ruling for today.


The Supreme Court is expected to give its ruling on Soludo’s candidacy tomorrow.