The court of appeal in Abuja has overturned a judgment which sacked David Umahi as governor of Ebonyi state.
On March 8, Inyang Ekwo, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, sacked the governor and his deputy, Eric Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The judge held that the 393,042 votes polled by Umahi in the March 2019 governorship election belong to the PDP and cannot be legally transferred to the APC.
Consequently, Ekwo ordered the PDP to present another candidate or in the alternative, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should conduct a fresh poll within 90 days.
