Reps seat: Appeal Court sacks LP’s Nwodo

<p>The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, on Monday, nullified the election of Stainless Nwodo, a member representing Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani federal constituency of Enugu State in the House of Representatives.</p>, <p>The appellate court declared that Rt. Hon. Martins Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won the February election.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Enugu had, on September 8, upheld the election of the LP candidate.</p>, <p>The candidate of the PDP, Oke, and his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Samuel Ekwueme, had challenged Nwodo’s victory at the tribunal.</p>, <p>The duo asked the tribunal to sack the LP candidate over alleged certificate forgery and irregularities during the election. But the court struck out their petitions.</p>, <p>The PDP and APC candidate, however, dragged Nwodo to the appeal court, insisting that he was not qualified to run for the election.</p>, <p>In a judgement delivered via Zoom on Monday, the appellate court said that the Labour Party candidate wasn’t qualified to stand for the election and that the appeal had merits.</p>, <p>The panel said they will give details of the ruling on a later date.</p>