Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has declared that he is
still in the race to contest the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election
under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Umahi insisted that the Federal High Court in Abakaliki did
not disqualify him from the race but instead ordered that a fresh primary
election be conducted in the senatorial zone.
He disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on
Monday.
According to him, the counsel for the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) also confirmed the ruling of the court.
Umahi said, “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.
“The INEC lawyer said two things: that the court ordered 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.”
Recall that Umahi was among several others who picked the
presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the APC sold at
N100 million.
Among others who also picked the forms were the Vice
President, Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; former Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,
Godswill Akpabio.
Following the victory of former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu,
in the APC primary, reports emerged that Umahi had purchased the APC nomination
and expression of interest forms for the Ebonyi South senatorial election.
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