The Federal High Court, Abuja, has declared former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah, as the duly elected Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State.
Delivering Judgment, Justice Binta Nyako nullified the candidacy of Ikechi Emenike who was earlier recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the party’s candidate for the March 11, 2023 governorship election.
Crisis erupted in the APC Chapter of Abia after the party held parallel Governorship Primary Elections in the state that produced Ogah and Ikechi Emenike as candidates of the party.
But acting on an Appeal Court judgment affirming an earlier ruling of the Abia State High Court which declared Emenike as the authentic governorship candidate of the APC, INEC had in October published Emenike’s name as the validly nominated candidate of the APC for the 2023 poll.
