Friday, 14 June 2019

Appeal Court sitting in Enugu has dismissed an appeal seeking to upturned the victory of Senator Nnamani,


CHIMAROKE NNAMANIAppeal Court sitting in Enugu has dismissed an appeal seeking to upturned the victory of Senator  Nnamani, as the candidate of People’s Democratic Party for Enugu East Senatorial district for lack of merit.
The court held that the appeal was an academic exercise since the respondent (Senator Nnamani) had been elected and sworn in as a senator representing Enugu East senatorial district at the National Assembly.
Senator Gilbert Nnaji had, after failing at the Federal High Court, Enugu to disqualified Senator Nnamani, appealed the judgment, claiming that he was not given fair hearing by the lower court.
But the Appeal Court in a unanimous judgement delivered by a three-man Justices led by Hon Justice C.E Iyizoba JCA, upheld the judgment of the lower court, delivered by Justice Ibrahim Buba, which had on April 5, dismissed Senator Nnaji’s suit for lack-in-merit.

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