Umeh Berates Falana, Agbakoba over Stance on Anambra Central Seat

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, yesterday berated two senior lawyers, Chief Femi Falana and Olisa Agbakoba, on their positions in the pending rerun election for the Anambra Central senatorial district.

The duo were reported to have said that the INEC was right to withhold the conduct of the disputed election pending the determination of the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Umeh is the candidate of APGA in the pending election.

Speaking with journalists in Enugu, Umeh said it was either the two top lawyers did not have the judgments subsisting on the matter before they made their comments or were in obvious attempt to ridicule the course of law.

“I am sure they did not have the two judgments delivered by the same court, Justice Anwuli Chikelu of the Federal High Court on the Anambra Central senatorial rerun election. One, she said that PDP should be included and later this year said there is no room for fresh candidates in that court ordered election which ordinarily would have cleared the way for INEC to go and conduct the election without any fresh candidates.

“PDP which is waiting to take part in the election according to the order will put a new candidate which she has ruled on March 14 2017, that there is no room for fresh candidate. There is a principal of law that when a judge delivers two judgments on the same subject matter, the later in time prevails.