Okezie Ikpeazu's election as the governor of Abia State has been
upheld by the Supreme Court as it gave the ruling validating the April
11 governorship election on Wednesday night, but did not provide reasons
for its judgment.
The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal
which nullified Ikpeazu’s election on December 31, 2015, and ruled that
Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the lawfully cast
votes in the April 11, 2015 election.
The court said that the full details of the ruling would be provided on a February 26.
It can be recalled that the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri had
on December 31, removed Ikpeazu as governor and also declared Alex Otti
of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) the winner of the April 11
and April 25 supplementary elections in the state.
Delivering judgment in an appeal filed by Alex Otti, the
five-member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, said the APGA
candidate scored 164, 444 valid votes to defeat Ikpeazu who scored 114,
444 votes.
The court declared that Otti was the winner of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary elections in Abia.
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