Court Upholds Andy Uba As PDP Candidate

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers
State has directed the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, faction in Anambra
state led by Ejike Oguebego as the authentic party
executive in the state.
Justice H.A Nganjiwa gave the ruling in a matter
brought before it by the Oguebego faction and its
flag bearer for the Governorship election in Anambra
State, Senator Andy Uba.
Senator Uba and his group are challenging the
primary election conducted by the Ken Emakaye-led
faction which produced another candidate for
the November 16 governorship election.
While, counsel to the
Oguebego faction, Charles
Onyebukwa expressed satisfaction with the ruling,
legal representative of the Emeakaye group, Mecha
Kalu said he was disappointed with the directive.
He, however expressed hope that justice would be
done, stressing that “our position is that we have
questioned the jurisdiction of the court to hear the
matter but the court left that question unanswered
and then went into injunction which we have fought
against and you can see the trend of events.
“After giving the order of injunction the matter is
almost as good as stale and we want the matter to
continue to be heard so that the issue can be
resolved”.
Meanwhile, the court has adjourned the matter
to September 19 for mention