Orders INEC To Publish Ozigbo As PDP Candidate
There’s jubilation in the camp of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Charles Soludo as a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra capital has reaffirmed he’s the Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA for the November 6th Governorship Election in Anambra.
Delivering the judgment, on Monday, Justice C C Okaa said the other parties in the suit which includes; Jude Okeke, Edozie Njoku and Chukwuma Umeoji are “meddlesome interlopers. ”
On Friday 16th July, 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, published list of candidates for the November 6th poll and said that Chukwuma Umeoji is the Candidate of APGA.
The electoral umpire based their decision on the judgement of Jigawa state High Court.
In the same vein, a Federal High Court in Awka, Monday morning, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Valentine Ozigbo as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 Anambra State Governorship Election.
It would be recalled that a Federal High Court in Abuja had on Thursday July 15th restrained Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, from publishing the name of the PDP candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, in a suit which on Friday July 16th was withdrawn paving the way for a fresh order to INEC to publish the name of the PDP Candidate on its list of candidates for the election.
Valentine Ozibo is the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc. He emerged as the PDP flag-bearer for the Anambra State guber election after polling the majority of votes at the party’s primary election held on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka.
He received his certificate of return from the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after his victory was certified by the party’s National Working Committee.
Ozigbo emerged as the frontrunner for the party’s ticket after running a unique grassroots campaign for almost two years in the run-up to the primary election. His comprehensive consultations took him to the 21 local government areas of the state, all of which he visited at least 7 seven times.
