Appeal Court Declares Ozigbo PDP Candidate

Thecourtof Appeal, Abuja Division, yesterday, declared Mr. Valentine Ozigbo as the validly elected governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, ( PDP) for the November 6, 2021, governorship election in Anambra State.

The appellate court made the declaration while delivering judgment in two appeals filed against the judgment of Justice Obiora Nwabunike of an Awka High Court, which recognised Sen. Ugochukwu Uba as the party’s candidate in the election.

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, who led a three- man panel of justices, held that the appeal filed by Valentine Ozigbo challenging the judgment of the Akwa High Court had merit.

It could be recalled that the judgment of the Awka High

Court had barred Ozigbo from parading himself as the PDP candidate in the Anambra gubernatorial election slated for November 6.

Consequently, the court set aside the judgment of the Awka High Court delivered on July 19.

Ozigbo and the PDP, in two separate appeals, marked “CA/ AW/ 223/ 2021“and

“CA/ AW/ 234/ 2021“had approached the appellate court to challenge the decision of Justice Nwabunike on the grounds that he erred in law when he affirmed Uba as the candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming election.

The three justices, in a unanimous judgment, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) to publish the names of Ozigbo and his running mate as duly nominated and elected candidates of the PDP for the election.