An Abia State High Court has nullified the victory of Chief Ikechi Emenike as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held in the state on Thursday.
At the end of Thursday’s controversial primary election in Abia State, the embattled Chief Emenike was declared winner.
But the State High Court presided by Justice O. A. Chijioke, in the suit instituted by Mr. Chinedum Nwole and two others, declared that Emenike lacked the locus standi to contest the primary election based on the fact that he had been suspended from the party.
The court ruled that both Emenike and the Abia State chairman of the party, Chief Donatus Nwakpa, breached Article 9.3 of the APC constitution by going ahead to participate in the primary election.
The court declared as illegal the participation of the duo in the ward, local government, state and the recently held national convention of the party.
The judge held that, “That by the virtue of the suspension of the…
