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nothing to worry about
court would soon bar APC from guber and presidency seats

nonsense and ingredients

Hmmm this is another one...

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba was smart enough to have left. Chike Okafor was so dumb.

References:
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has barred Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting or listing the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ehime/Mbano/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency (Okigwe South) in Imo State,in the rescheduled February 23, National Assembly election.

The development sealed the hope of the APC of fielding any candidate for Okigwe South as the spate of losses suffered by the party continues unabated. This followed similar losses in Zamfara and Rivers states.

Justice Bello Kawu dashed the hope of the party when he declared as unconstitutional, illegal, null and void the primary election conducted for the federal constituency.

A House of Representatives aspirant, Mrs. Uzoma Chioma Ann, had filed a suit against the APC and two others, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, in the Bwari Judicial Division holden at Kubwa, Abuja, before Justice Kawu, seeking the nullification of the nomination of Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, as its candidate for the Okigwe South Federal Constituency, in Saturday’s elections. She claimed Nwajiuba’s emergence violated the party’s rules and guidelines.

Also joined as defendants in the suit were the APC and the INEC, as first and third defendants, respectively.

In his ruling, Justice Kawu cited various authorities and concluded that Nwajiuba’s nomination was “inappropriate, unlawful, null and void for failure to comply with the first defendants guideline for nomination of candidate.”

He also barred INEC “from further recognising, accepting or listing the second defendant’s name as the candidate of the first defendant in the 2019 ballot paper for Okigwe South House of Representatives election because the first defendant (APC) did not conduct primary for the office.”

Justice Kawu further held that having considered the case of the plaintiff and all authorities cited by the learned counsel, he was of the strong view that the question that calls for determination by the court was whether proper procedure was followed for selection or nomination of the second defendant as a candidate of the first defendant for Okigwe South Federal Constituency.

The court, which cited relevant sections of the Electoral Act 2010(as amended) and the APC constitution, said notwithstanding the provision of the Act or rules of political party, “an aspirant who complains that any of the provisions of the Act and the guideline of a political party has not been complied with in the selection or nomination of a political party for election, may apply to the Federal High Court as or the High Court of a state for redress.”

However, Nwajiuba, a lawyer and former lawmaker, had sensed and cited that the legal land mines had smartly left the party to pick the ticket of the Accord Party on which he is presently running, while the incumbent representative of Okigwe South, Chike Okafor, took up the ticket after another controversial primaries.


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/court-bars-inec-from-accepting-apc-candidate-for-okigwe-south/

I just don't know wetin concern this courts with d affairs of INEC or political parties. Its d choice of the party to field any candidate even it is a dog and the masses vote for it. I think its time courts stop focusing on political parties and there candidates. there are lot of others unsolved cases for God's sake

Apc people just de hate the party o

2,Days to an election & court is ruling against inec not to feature somebody for a party ? Has the judge forgotten that the electoral materials have been printed..? That judgement can't hold oo

ClassicMG:
He will appeal so he his still much in the race

he will appeal after elections have been conducted...then they will carry out another election because one useless party could not conduct themselves in public....okay o

eLcastro:
he will appeal after elections have been conducted...then they will carry out another election because one useless party could not conduct themselves in public....okay o

no appeal will stay proceedings

kingi777:
Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba will emerge victorious as a member representing Okigwe South Federal Constituency through Accord Party. For now, APC has no legal candidate for February 23rd election.

Nwajiuba is a different breed of politician during his first time at the federal house of representatives. One of the political office holders that maintained zoning principles and did not contest for a second term. I hope he has not changed his ways. I wish him all the best.

DerideGull:
It will be a shame if Okigwe south electorates vote for this turncoat named Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba. This is how Nigeria slips into abyss of idiocy. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba knew he and APC had fouled up the process and he cunningly decamped to another party. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba should be deliberately stoned.

Nwajiuba remains the best amongst the aspirants for Okigwe South Federal Constituency. He has empowered many people through appointment into federal parastatals such as VC of a federal university, registrar of NECO, board members and others too numerous to mention, helped many to travel abroad for greener pastures, many have gotten admission to study good courses in universities within and outside Nigeria, TETFUND scholarship has been given to our people through his influence. Between 1999 to 2003 as house committee chairman on works, he attracted a federal road to our constituency that was hitherto not motorable. Nwajiuba is God's gift to our people. We need him more than he needs us. God willing, after emerging, he will be the speaker of the green chamber which will prepare him to be the president come 2023.

kingi777:
Nwajiuba remains the best amongst the aspirants for Okigwe South Federal Constituency. He has empowered many people through appointment into federal parastatals such as VC of a federal university, registrar of NECO, board members and others too numerous to mention, helped many to travel abroad for greener pastures, many have gotten admission to study good courses in universities within and outside Nigeria, TETFUND scholarship has been given to our people through his influence. Between 1999 to 2003 as house committee chairman on works, he attracted a federal road to our constituency that was hitherto not motorable. Nwajiuba is God's gift to our people. We need him more than he needs us. God willing, after emerging, he will be the speaker of the green chamber which will prepare him to be the president come 2023.

Who gave you this information...Because the last time I checked, I heard that he's not generous like his brother.. Funai VC.

IKEGOD21:
Who gave you this information...Because the last time I checked, I heard that he's not generous like his brother.. Funai VC.

He has made people that are generous like his brother, the VC of FUNAI as you posited . People are made to make others.

DerideGull:
It will be a shame if Okigwe south electorates vote for this turncoat named Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba. This is how Nigeria slips into abyss of idiocy. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba knew he and APC had fouled up the process and he cunningly decamped to another party. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba should be deliberately stoned.

Does he think he'll win with Accord? Chike was given automatic ticket just like Uwajumogu and others. Nwajiuba is just wasting his time and resources.

kingi777:
Nwajiuba remains the best amongst the aspirants for Okigwe South Federal Constituency. He has empowered many people through appointment into federal parastatals such as VC of a federal university, registrar of NECO, board members and others too numerous to mention, helped many to travel abroad for greener pastures, many have gotten admission to study good courses in universities within and outside Nigeria, TETFUND scholarship has been given to our people through his influence. Between 1999 to 2003 as house committee chairman on works, he attracted a federal road to our constituency that was hitherto not motorable. Nwajiuba is God's gift to our people. We need him more than he needs us. God willing, after emerging, he will be the speaker of the green chamber which will prepare him to be the president come 2023.

There is no doubt in me there is someone in his Federal Constituency that can equally do as well or even better than him. The reason Nigeria is progressively dilapidated consisted the reasons you gave to keep the goofy Nwajiuba in power. The dude's behavior in a due process does not conform with your rhetoric.