The election of Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) as the senator representing Anambra South has been affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
Recall that the Federal High Court in Abuja stopped the execution of judgment sacking Ifeanyi Ubah (Anambra South) from the Senate.
In a unanimous judgment, a three-member panel of the Justices of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Stephen Adah, held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter in the first instance.
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The appellant had raised issues of territorial jurisdiction, where he noted that the issue brought to the FCT high court arose from Anambra state.
The court of appeal agreed with the appellant, the court ought not to have entertained a matter which originated from Anambra state.
Earlier, The Herald reported that the senator representing Anambra South in the Ninth Senate, Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah had been ordered to vacate his seat.
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in the Kubwa area of Abuja gave the order on Friday.
Ubah was elected on the platform of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Justice Bello Kawu declined Ubah’s request to set aside an earlier order in a judgment delivered by the court on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
Justice Kawu’s earlier judgement sacked the senator for allegedly submitting a forged National Examination Council (NECO) certificate to contest the February 23, 2019, senatorial election.
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