The Court of Appeal in Enugu affirmed Hon. Simon Atigwe’s removal from the House of Representatives.
Naija News reports that the court’s verdict backed the previous decision made by the Election Petition Tribunal against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representative.
The court, hence, validated the election of Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo from the Labour Party (LP) as the victor of the re-run election held on February 3, 2024, for the Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency.
This ruling was delivered unanimously by the three-member panel, with the chairman, Justice Ekanem, reading the decision.
A lawyer for the Labour Party, Ifeanyi Ogenyi, corroborated this information in a post on Wednesday.
“Congratulations to the people of Igbo Eze North/Udenu Federal constituency.
“The wheel of justice turns slowly, but it grinds. Truth and justice have prevailed, no matter the wait. Dennis Agbo has prevailed!” Ogenyi wrote.
It could be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Atigwe as the victor of the re-run election.
However, Agbo, who initially secured victory in the election held on February 25, 2023, but was later removed from office by the appellate court, took his case to the tribunal to contest Atigwe’s declaration.
He ultimately succeeded in this challenge, also prevailing at the Appeal Court.
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