Court Nullifies Uba’s Candidacy For Anambra Guber Election

….. Information reaching the OSUNREPORTERS NEWS has it that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has nullified the candidacy of Senator Andy Uba for participation in the governorship election held in Anambra State on November 6 2021.

According to the judgment on Monday, the Judge held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

,,,,Justice Ekwo explained further that the plaintiff, George Moghalu succeeded in proving that the APC did not conduct a valid primary election from which Uba claimed to have emerged as the party’s candidate, ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete Andy Uba from its record as a candidate in the election.

Court also ordered the APC to refund to Moghalu, the sum of N22.5 million, which was the amount he paid for expression of interest and nomination forms since the party failed to conduct a valid primary.