The Labour Party senatorial candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial zone, Victor Umeh, has been disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Awka. The Court presided over by Justice H. A. Nganjiwa, on Friday, disqualified Umeh on the grounds of non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, as it concerns his membership status of party primary.
The court noted that there was no evidence that the resignation letter by Umeh to the leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance was actually received by the party.
The court said his name was still in the membership register of APGA as of September 30, 2022 when he contested the party’s primary, adding also that Umeh’s name was not in the membership register of Labour Party as at the June 3, 2022, date of primary.
Justice Nganjiwa therefore declared as null and void the publication of Umeh’s name as a senatorial candidate by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Chidozie Chima | September 12, 2024
