Supreme Court Pronounce New Candidate For PDP

Ikenga Ugochinyere has been declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the House of Representatives election for Ideato North and South Federal Constituency, Imo State by the supreme court on Thursday.

Justice Kekere-Ekun in the judgment held that there must be an end to litigations and recklessness.

The Apex Court ruled, just like all the lower courts before it, that there were no grounds put before it, to nullify the ticket of the party won by Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, having fulfilled all the provisions of the law and complied with stipulated guidelines.

Some of the respondents in the appeal were the PDP, Independent National Electoral Commission, Chidimma Uzomba, and Anthony Obinna, among others.

While dismissing the appeal by Igbo, Justice Kekere-Ekun upheld the preliminary objections raised by Ugochinyere and the PDP.

The Judge agreed with the decision of the Court of Appeal that the abysmal failure and/or refusal of the appellant counsel to comply with the rules of procedure in prosecuting the appeal and indeed abandoned same.