Chief Chris Uche, (SAN) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) urging the Commission to release certificates of returns to Chief Chris Uba, Senator Annie Okonkwo, Senator John Emeka and 41 others over the last friday’s Supreme Court ruling in the leadership crisis in the Anambra State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP.
This Supreme Court Judgment was resolved in the favour of the Ejike Oguebego faction which conducted primaries for the affected persons.
In the letter addressed to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, titled
“Compliance with judgement of Supreme Court Anambara state PDP National
Assembly Candidates SC/37/2015-Ejike Oguebego and Anor vs Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)” dated 29th January 2016, Chief Uche stated “that
the effect of the Supreme Court judgment is that those who were not
part of the list of candidates produced by the congress/primary
elections under the watch of Oguebego and his executive committee ought
and must vacate the positions they presently occupy on the ground that
they were not validly nominated”.
Chief Uche who is the counsel to affected candidates on the list of Oguebego in his letter to the electoral body stated further that now that the apex court has finally settled this matter, it was the responsibility of INEC to enforce and comply with the said judgement.
He pointed out that there was no other primary election conducted by PDP to produced any candidates other than the one that produced his clients.
The letter reads in part: “the effect of the Supreme Court judgment consequently is that all those who were not part of the list of candidates produced by the congress/primary elections that the Ejike Oguebego and his executive committee participated in, and monitored by INEC ought and must vacate the positions they presently occupy having not been validly nominated”.
“In the light of the foregoing, we therefore demand that your commission complies promptly with the said judgment of the Supreme Court by issuing forthwith Certificates of Returns to our clients as the authentic and legitimate candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party for Anambra state who won the election, the entire gamut of litigation having been exhausted.
“We look forward to your timely cooperation and compliance.”
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a five-man bench upheld Ejike Oguebego led executive committee of the party against the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
The names of Chris Ubah, Annie Okonkwo and 42 others were replaced following the Appeal court judgment of 6th February 2015, prior to the 2015 general elections.
Chief Uche who is the counsel to affected candidates on the list of Oguebego in his letter to the electoral body stated further that now that the apex court has finally settled this matter, it was the responsibility of INEC to enforce and comply with the said judgement.
He pointed out that there was no other primary election conducted by PDP to produced any candidates other than the one that produced his clients.
The letter reads in part: “the effect of the Supreme Court judgment consequently is that all those who were not part of the list of candidates produced by the congress/primary elections that the Ejike Oguebego and his executive committee participated in, and monitored by INEC ought and must vacate the positions they presently occupy having not been validly nominated”.
“In the light of the foregoing, we therefore demand that your commission complies promptly with the said judgment of the Supreme Court by issuing forthwith Certificates of Returns to our clients as the authentic and legitimate candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party for Anambra state who won the election, the entire gamut of litigation having been exhausted.
“We look forward to your timely cooperation and compliance.”
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a five-man bench upheld Ejike Oguebego led executive committee of the party against the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
The names of Chris Ubah, Annie Okonkwo and 42 others were replaced following the Appeal court judgment of 6th February 2015, prior to the 2015 general elections.
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