Anambra 2021: Court Declares Umeoji APGA Candidate

• The petitioner had also prayed the court to declare null and void everything Jude Okeke had done as national chairman of the party…

A High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has declared Chuma Umeoji as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of the November governorship election.

The court dismissed a suit filed before it seeking to nullify the Owerri Convention of APGA which led to the emergence of Chief Jude Okeke as National Chairman of the party.

The petitioner had also prayed the court to declare null and void everything Jude Okeke had done as national chairman of the party some of which include the conduct of the primary election that produced Okeke as the party’s candidate.

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Chief Ghiki Dike, the plaintiff and loyalist to the Oye Njoku led faction, had asked the court to invalidate the national convention of the party held on 31st May 2019 and the subsequent emergence of Chief Jude Okeke as the acting National Chairman.

However, delivering his judgement, Justice B.C Iheka threw out the case and granted the prayers for consequential orders sought by Chief Okeke 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 1st July 2021 as well as the nomination of Chuma Umeoji as APGA candidate for the election.

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