Anambra: Court Affirms Umeoji APGA Candidate

A High Court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has declared Chuma Umeoji as candidate of the All Progres­sives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. The judgment was another setback for the aspiration of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo who is the candidate being backed by Governor Willie Obiano as his successor.

The court also ruled in fa­vour of Jude Okeke-led leadership of the party which in effect vested it with the right to produce the candidate for the Anambra election.

The plaintiff in the matter, Chike Dike, had sought for orders nullifying the Owerri convention of the party and all the actions of Jude Okeke including the conduct of the primary election for Anam­bra State and nomination of Umeoji as the candidate.

Upon the defence of Okeke, the court dismissed the claims and granted the prayers for consequential orders sought by the faction, affirming the validity of the Owerri conven­tion of APGA, his subsequent appointment by the NEC as the acting national chairman and the primary election of APGA held on July 1, 2021 as well as the nomination of Umeoji as APGA candidate for the election in Anambra State.

One of the orders read, “That the 1st defendant (INEC) is hereby ordered to accord the 3rd defendant the due recognition and forth­with continue to accept, rec­ognise or publish the name of Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji, being the candidate nominat­ed at the primary election conducted by the 3rd defen­dant on 1st July, 2021, as the candidate of APGA for the Anambra State governor­ship election scheduled to hold on 6th November, 2021 or at any other date and to mandatorily include the said Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji as the governorship candidate of APGA in all the elector­al process for the Anambra State governorship election.”

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Publicity Secre­tary of the party, Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, said that the timely and latest judgment of court has finally buried any contention within APGA re­garding the Anambra State election.

Source: Daily Independent

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