The enugu federal high court yesterday Friday 20/1/2023 declared all the house of assembly candidates that passed through the direct mode of primaries conducted by the party in Abia state as the duly and legitimately elected candidate of the party in the state.
The judge declared that the party can not go against it’s earlier directive of direct primaries for Abia, osun and Benue ,which was also communcated to the independent national electoral commission of both the national and the state.
Going by this judgement,the candidature of the Hon.Onyendi Okwulehi as the candidate for the All Progressive Candidate (APC) for Umuahia North State Consttitutency suffers setback .
And as such Barr. Akaliro Kelechi Anderson is in the position to clinch the APC ticket for the Umuahia North (Ohuhu) state consttitutency.
Reacting to the judgment,the factional APC state publicity secretary of the party in the state Hon.Chief Offor Okorie said that the party has no other option than to accept the verdict of the court, which is seen as the last hope of the oppress. Okorie said that the party can not go against it’s directive as stipulated in the new and endorse electoral law which is presently in use.
He advised the Party members that did not comply with the national party directive of direct primaries to accept the verdict in good fate in order for the party to progress.