The court of appeal in Abuja has
reinstated Ayogu Eze as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Enugu state.
At its sitting on Thursday, a
three-man panel of the court set aside an earlier judgement by the federal high
court in Abuja which sacked him as the APC candidate.
The federal high court had ruled
that George Ogara is the party’s authentic governorship candidate in Enugu.
Ogara had approached the court, faulting the party’s primaries.
But delivering its ruling, the
court of appeal panel led by Abdul Aboki said the suit brought before the
federal high court had no competence as it had exceeded the time limit
stipulated by the constitution.
Ogara had filed the suit on
November 5 while the party held its governorship primaries on October 4.
The panel said having been
brought after the mandatory 14 days stipulated by section 258(9) of the 1999
constitution for re-election matters, the lower court was barred to hear the
suit.
He, therefore, nullified the
federal high court ruling and pronounced that Eze the party’s candidate in
Enugu.
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