Abia Assembly, speaker refuse to inaugurate PDP member declared elected by Appeal Court

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Abia Assembly, speaker refuse to inaugurate PDP member declared elected by Appeal Court
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The Court of Appeal in Lagos State declared the PDP lawmaker winner of Abia North Constituency election in 2023 after INEC had initially issued a certificate of return to an LP candidate for the same constituency.

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The court, in its judgement on 27 November 2023, nullified the election of Mr Nwangwu and ordered the immediate withdrawal of the certificate of return earlier issued to the LP candidate. It’s essential to acknowledge that news production incurs expenses, and we take pride in never placing our stories behind a prohibitive paywall.

The state governor, Alex Otti, is a member of the LP. He won the 18 March 2023 governorship election on the platform of the party.Mr Uzodike told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday that, on 14 December 2023, he submitted all the documents needed for his inauguration to the House of Assembly. In an open letter to the speaker in March this year, a member of the PDP in Abia State and former Commissioner for Information in the state, John Kalu, accused Mr Emeruwa of illegally anchoring his decision not to inaugurate Mr Uzodike on a High Court order that ran contrary to the superior and final decision of the Court of Appeal.

The speaker was consequently informed that the reporter was not within the state and that he could comment over the phone. But he still declined comments on the matter.

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