Complications over who is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra governorship election mounted yesterday as a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt faulted the candidacy of Mr. Tony Nwoye who emerged winner of the August 14 primary election conducted by the Ken Emeakayi- led faction of the Anambra PDP.
The ruling was sequel to a suit filed by Nwoye’s runner up, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, in Suit No. FHC/PH/CS/296/2013 on August 28, 2013. Ukachukwu, filed his suit through his lead counsel, Mr. Rickey Tarfa SAN.
In a certified true copy of the judgment delivered by Justice S. A Aliyu on September 17, 2013, the court held that Nwoye was not eligible to participate in the August 24 primary election conducted under the supervision of Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State.
The judge while declaring Ukachukwu the candidate of the PDP for the election on grounds that he was the only qualified aspirant in the said primary election added that Ukachukwu scored the highest number of votes cast at the election.
He further restrained Nwoye from parading himself as the candidate of the PDP for the election. More so, the judge restrained the national chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, leadership of the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from presenting Nwoye as candidate for the poll.
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