A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo on Friday nullified the nomination of Mr Chukwuma Francis Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Imo North Senatorial by-election.
Justice Ekwo, in a judgment today, disqualified Ibezim from
contesting the election on the grounds that he made false statements in the
affidavit and documents he submitted to the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and the APC.
He noted that Ibezim presented falsified and uncertified
photocopies of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate.
The Judge found that the WAEC certificate he submitted bore
two different and irreconcilable names, Ibezim Chukwuma Frank and Ibezim
Francis Chukwuma.
Justice Ekwo, however, ordered INEC to remove Ibezim’s name
from the list of candidates for the by-election.
The Nation reports that the judgment was on a suit marked:
FHC/ABJ/CS/1229/2020 filed by Asomugha Tony Elebeke, with Ibezim, APC and INEC
as defendants.
Rcall that the Human Rights Writers Association
of Nigeria (HURIWA) had in September raised alarm over the alleged inability of
the APC to produce his school certificates.
The rights group in a statement by Emmanuel Onwubiko, its
National Coordinator, said the situation was capable of denying the zone its
representation in the senate.
Onwubiko, who challenged the APC candidate to produce his
educational certificates if at all he had them, said his association was not
bothered about who wins the forthcoming Imo senatorial by-election.
Meanwhile, Retired Air Vice Marshall Ahmed Muazu, acting
chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had said in
November that the commission is ready to conduct the Imo North senatorial by-election
slated for December 5.
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