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The Court of Appeal (Abuja Division) on Saturday, upheld the disqualification of Chukwuma Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the December 5, 2020 by-election for Imo North Senatorial District.
A three- man panel of justices of the Appellate Court presided by Justice Abubakar Yahaya in a unanimous judgment agreed with Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, that Ibezim submitted false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission to assist his qualification for the Imo North by-elction.
Sunday PUNCH reported that Justice Ekwo had in a judgment delivered on December 4, 2020 sacked Ibezim as candidate of the APC for the December 5 by-election in Imo North Senatorial District.
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Imo North Senatorial Poll: Appeal Court affirms Ibezim’s disqualification as APC candidate
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, upheld the disqualification of Sir Chuwuma Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Senatorial by-election that held in Imo North on December 5, 2020.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove Ibezim’s name from the list of candidates for the by-election, after it found him guilty of submitting falsified documents.
Diri constitutes committee on NDU ASUU, HIJAC demands
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Senator Diri Duruoye
Gov. Douye Diri, has set up a special committee to look into the demands of the Niger Delta University (NDU) Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the Higher Institutions Joint Action Committee (HIJAC).
Diri, who inaugurated the committee on Friday in Government House, Yenagoa, after meeting separately with both bodies, expressed his administration’s preparedness to ensure a peaceful resolution of the welfare issues affecting staff of the state-owned higher institutions.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor mandated the members of the committee to look into their demands and submit its report within two weeks.
PDP heads to tribunal over Imo North by-election result
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge the result of the December 5, Imo North senatorial by-election at the tribunal.
This is contained in a statement by the state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Ogu Nwadike in Owerri on Friday.
Nwadike said that the party’s decision was borne out of its dissatisfaction with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner without a bonafide candidate.
He said that a party should not be allowed to participate in an election without a candidate.