Court Upholds Election Of Senator Ekweremadu

By our correspondent

The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division chaired by Justice I.M. Salawu has affirmed the election of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Febuary 23 Senatorial election for Enugu West zone.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by Salawu on Tuesday, the court dismissed the appeal filed by  Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for lacking in merit.

It was gathered that the National and State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal that sat in Enugu had on Sept. 9, upheld the election of Ekweremadu.

Dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial court, Ibekaku-Nwagwu approached the appellate court with sundry allegations that border on non-compliance to the Electoral Act.

However, the appellate court, while upholding the decision of the trial court held that the appeal anchored on the refusal of the tribunal to nullify the elections in the 824 polling units of the zone failed woefully.

The court said that the winner of the election cannot have his election nullified on the allegations that the result sheet of the election was not dated.