COURT DECLINE NULLIFICATION OF CHARLES SOLUDO’S GUBER SUCCESS

The Governor-elect of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, can now breath a blast of fresh air on Wednesday, as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, declined to nullify his election.

The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, dismissed a suit that sought to invalidate Soludo’s election on the allegation that he supplied false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The Plaintiffs, Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka, had in their suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/711/2021, alleged that Soludo lied in the affidavit (Form EC9), which he submitted to INEC.

They  claimed that Soludo, in the said affidavit attached to his nomination form, stated that he was contesting the Aguata 2 Constituency seat, when, in fact, he was contesting the governorship seat.

Also, Soludo’s running mate and Deputy Governor-elect, Onyeka Ibezim, also submitted to INEC, contained false particulars considering that  he stated that he was vying for Awka 2 Constituency seat.

But issues have rose that aside from contending that the suit was filed outside the 14 days period stipulated by the Constitution, his attorney Ikpeazu, argued  that error in an affidavit could not be a basis to disqualify a candidate from an election.