The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Chief Obi Aguocha, of the Labour Party has defeated the former Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Chinedum Orji at the National Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, ABN TV reports.

The tribunal on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Orji, who was the PDP candidate for the federal constituency on the Feb. 25 election against Hon. Aguocha.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Aguocha the winner of the House of Representatives election after polling a total number of 48,199 votes to defeat Orji, who polled 35,196 votes.

Dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, Orji, son of former governor Theodore Orji, approached the tribunal to seek redress.

He prayed the court to nullify Aguocha’s victory, claiming that he was not duly nominated as the LP candidate and therefore was not qualified to contest the election.

Orji, also told the Court that Aguocha, contested the PDP primary election and lost before joining the LP.

He argued that Aguocha’s name was not in the register of the Labour Party summited to INEC, while there was no notification to INEC 30 days before the primary election that produced him as the LP flag bearer.

Orji, further stated that there was overvoting in some polling units that gave Aguocha an advantage over him.

However ruling on the matter on Thursday, the tribunal led by Justice Abubakar Kutigi, ruled, the membership of a political was a pre-election matter, adding that the tribunal lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the matter, which should have been decided before the election.

He also ruled that the petitioner failed to prove that the respondent was not duly nominated by LP, as the issue concerning the candidate of a party in an election is an internal party affairs.

https://abntv.com.ng/news/court-stikes-out-pdps-chinedum-orjis-petition-against-lps-obi-aguocha/

Judiciary in danger..

...wahala wahala wahala

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Lol all eyes on Judiciary....


We no go see tears here let it go other way now different Newspaper stand analysis wey no dey sweet for ear buh only dere ear go start....

No hope for the masses..


I believe according to the obideints that the mere fact that a person files an election petition, the person should be pronounced the winner by the judge or judges without proper evidence.

We will not take this.

I see Peter Obi reclaiming back his stolen mandate.

This I have seen.

I was banned on one thread like that.

Omoh, APC fans and their mods no get chill o. Haba, you guys won, and I only stated the obvious. Besides, I'm not much of a political commentator.

I only said what I said because it was evident to everyone else. I forgive whoever banned me . However, I'm not sorry.

You guys should learn to tolerate divergent views. I must not align with everything someone writes, just like I don't expect others to always differ to me.

Thank you.

Ok nice noted

Let him rest, they turned Abia treasure to family business for years

They won't abuse the judge that did justice to this because it is in their favor ... But whenever it's against them they will cry like fowl

Politics.,. Dirty game

Give opposition small fries and hold on to the big fish....

All this strike strike, one day china and world bank will strike out Nigeria because of dept the half-witted man has kept us in

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They will not condemn the judiciary here

They will hail the judgement now...

REDshouse:
They won't abuse the judge that did justice to this because it is in their favor ... But whenever it's against them they will cry like fowl

Bro this country is a zoo.

Any petitioner that fails to win in the court regardless of how disjointed his or her argument could be is a pointer to the failure of our judiciary..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNuVs59Pgo

GeneralPula:
Judiciary in danger..

Who are they. I have never heard of their names before lol.

Judiciary is the hope of the common man now o....but let the judgment go the other way, the story will change.

When judgment is in their favor, democracy is not in danger.

When the judgment is not in their favor, then democracy is either dead, in coma or in danger.

Bunch of hypocrites.

Democracy in danger.

Once you approach court, you must win!

Congrats to him, Orji should go to Appeal if possible up to the Supreme Court since he have the money to waste.

FalseProphet1:
I see Peter Obi reclaiming back his stolen mandate.

This I have seen.

Wake up

inoki247:
Lol all eyes on Judiciary....


We no go see tears here let it go other way now different Newspaper stand analysis wey no dey sweet for ear buh only dere ear go start....

see wowo pigeon english

Good for democracy

Ezmans:
see wowo pigeon english

Have your bucket 🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣


You people tears dey sweet,..

Chinedum Orji should have been beaten out of the Tribunal.

This is the animal whose highest achievement as Abia Speaker was commissioning a bakery. On that thread, some mentally deranged Igbos like Sameks08 were commending him.

Dem don dey fear to praise judiciary on this one because their principal lost.
Whoever wins or loses
Nothing do judiciary.
If you like go take law into your hands, na still the judiciary go judge you.
Law no be by threat, emotions or sentiment.
Go bring your evidence.
THE LAW NO SEND ANYBODY PAPA.