Court Sacks House Of Reps Member

The Court of Appeal in Enugu State has upheld the ruling of an election tribunal which sacked a House of Representatives member, Simon Atigwe.

Mr Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) represents Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency.

Osun Defender recalls that in the earlier ruling in August, the National Election Petition Tribunal in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, sacked the federal lawmaker.

The tribunal, headed by Justice H. N. Kunaza, also declared Dennis Agbo, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, the winner of a rerun election held in February.

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But Mr Atigwe filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Enugu State to challenge the ruling.

However, delivering judgment on Wednesday, the Court of Appeal in Enugu held that Mr Atigwe of the PDP was not duly elected in the rerun election.

The three-member panel of the court also affirmed the declaration of Mr Agbo of the LP, the rightful winner of the election.

The judgment was read out by the head of the panel, Justice Joseph Eyo Ekanem.

Mr Agbo of the LP was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the 25 February 2023 National Assembly Election in the constituency.