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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>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>\n

The appellate court declared that Rt. Hon. Martins Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won the February election.<\/p>\n

The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Enugu had, on September 8, upheld the election of the LP candidate.<\/p>\n

The candidate of the PDP, Oke, and his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Samuel Ekwueme, had challenged Nwodo\u2019s victory at the tribunal.<\/p>\n

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>\n

The PDP and APC candidate, however, dragged Nwodo to the appeal court, insisting that he was not qualified to run for the election.<\/p>\n

In a judgement delivered via Zoom on Monday, the appellate court said that the Labour Party candidate wasn\u2019t qualified to stand for the election and that the appeal had merits.<\/p>\n

The panel said they will give details of the ruling on a later date.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. 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. The appellate court declared that Rt. Hon. Martins Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won the February election. 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