Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has voided the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Mr. Andy Uba in the Anambra governorship election held on November 6.
Ekwo in a judgement delivered on Monday held that the party’s primary election produced Senator Andy Uba its candidate substantially failed to comply with the electoral guidelines for the conduct of governorship primary election as well as the APC’s guidelines and constitution.
The judge, therefore, disqualified Uba’s candidacy and participation in the poll that produced Prof Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as winner.
He also the plaintiff, Mr. George Moghalu, succeeded in proving that the APC did not conduct a valid primary election from which Uba claimed to have emerged as the party’s candidate.
The judge held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election.
He ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to delete Uba from its record as a candidate in the election and ordered the APC to refund N22.5 million to Moghalu.
The money was the amount the complainant paid for expression of interest and nomination forms since the party failed to conduct a valid primary.
At the annulled primary, Uba scored 230,000 votes but struggled to get 43,000 votes at the main election.
