A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ann Agom-Eze, has insisted that she, and not Governor David Umahi, is the “authentic” candidate of the party for the Ebonyi South district for the 2023 general elections.
Mrs Agom-Eze scored the second highest votes in the first APC primary for the district, which was won by Governor Umahi’s younger brother, Austin.
But the party cancelled the primary and held a second one, which Governor Umahi won after the brother withdrew.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to recognise Mr Umahi, prompting the governor to sue INEC at the Federal High Court in Abakaliki.
Mrs Agom-Eze applied and was promptly granted leave by the court to join the suit and in her prayers urged the court to declare her as the authentic candidate of the party.
She argued that since the winner of the said primary, Mr Austin, withdrew, she should have been declared the candidate of the party as she was the only remaining…
