The Court of appeal sitting in Lagos has nullified the sack of Labour Party’s candidate, Professor Sunday Nnamchi as the member representing Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency of Enugu State.
The Enugu State National Assembly and State House of Assembly tribunal had on September 8th, 2023, nullified Prof. Nnamchi’s election and declared Prince Cornelius Nnaji (Ike Nike) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP winner of the February Poll.
The three-man panel led by A. M. Abubakar had agreed with the petitioner that the candidate of the Labour Party was not qualified to contest the election as he never resigned from the university before seeking for the new position as required by the new electoral act.
But in a ruling on Friday, the Court of Appeal set aside the ruling of the tribunal and held that the appeal of the Labour Party candidate has merit.
