Politics
Umahi Denies Disqualification From Ebonyi South Senatorial Race
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Governor Umahi said the counsel for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also confirmed the ruling of the court
- The governor was among several others who picked the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the APC
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, says he is still very much in the race to contest the Ebonyi South senatorial district election on the platform of the All Progressives Party (APC).
He insisted that the Federal High Court in Abakaliki did not disqualify him from the race but rather ordered that a fresh primary election be conducted in the senatorial zone.
Governor Umahi, on Monday, said the counsel for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also confirmed the ruling of the court.
“The fact remains that I have not seen the court judgement, but I have asked those who went to court, and I have spoken to the INEC lawyer that was in court,” he said. “The INEC lawyer said two things: that the court order for a fresh election, and that I was never disqualified. This is very important.
“The judge cancelling the election of June 9 may not be the fault of the judge; the judge made use of the evidence before him. Our lawyer went to court because INEC did not publish my name, as submitted by the party – APC.
“The lawyer went to court on my behalf within the 14 days the publication of INEC came out to compel INEC to do that and along the line, even the PDP from my senatorial zone joined the suit. The person who came second in the first senatorial primary election also joined the suit, my sister Ann Agom-Eze.”
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The governor was among several others who picked the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the APC sold at N100 million.
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