Tribunal sacks Imo House of Reps member, Ugochinyere

The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Imo State has sacked, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State, under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

This was conveyed in a judgment some moment ago, when a three-member of the tribunal, led by Justice Anthony Akpovi, was unanimous in holding that Ugochinyere was not qualified to have contested the election having emerged from an invalid primary, held outside the constituency.

The tribunal, which is sitting in Nasarawa state, had also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to, within the space of 90 days, conduct a supplementary election in 55 polling units, where the petitioner successfully proved that the election was never held.

It also barred Ugochinyere (a former spokeswoman of the Coalition of United Political Party – CUPP) and his party, the PDP from participating in the ruling supplementary election, having violated the Electoral Act by conducting an invalid primary election.

The judgment was on the petition marked: EPT/IM/HR/10/2023 filed by Abazu Chika Benson and the All Progressives Congress, APC. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>