Anambra Election: Court Disqualifies APC’s Andy Uba’s participation in poll
By Kabir Akintayo
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday nullified Senator Andy Uba’s participation in the governorship election held in Anambra State on November 6, 2021.
Justice Ekwo held that Uba was never a candidate in the election, having emerged from an “illegally conducted primary election” by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Justice Ekwo added that the plaintiff, George Moghalu succeeded in proving that the APC did not conduct a valid primary election from which it was widely acclaimed that Uba emerged as the party’s flagbearer at Anambra election 2021.
Furthermore, the judge ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete Uba from its record as a candidate in the election and ordered the APC to refund to Moghalu, the sum of N22.5 million, which is the amount he paid for expression of interest and nomination forms “considering the party failed to conduct a valid primary”.
