Court Sacks Ifeanyi Ubah As Senator

A Federal High Court sitting in Bwari Area of Abuja on Friday sacked the lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Senate, Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).

The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw his Certificate of Return.

Ubah was alleged to have forged National Examination Council (NECO) certificate to contest the election.

Justice Bello Kawu in his ruling re-affirmed its earlier order of April 11, 2019 which directed INEC to withdraw the certificate of return it issued to Ubah and issue a fresh one to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Obinna Uzoh who came 2nd at the poll.

Ubah had approached the court to set-aside the judgement which he noted was a grave miscarriage of justice against him.

He lamented that he was neither served with the court processes nor hearing notice with respect to the suit, before the court proceeded to deliver the judgement against him.

Following his application for stay of execution, Justice Kawu, on December 4, restrained the Senate president from swearing-in Uzoh, pending the hearing and determination of the motion challenging the verdict. The court equally ordered all the parties, including the INEC to maintain status quo till it decides the merit in Ubah’s contention.

Justice Kawu, however, held that Ubah’s application to vacate its judgement lacked merit and accordingly dismissed it.

It equally dismissed a motion another claimant to the PDP senatorial ticket, Chief Chris Uba, filed to be joined as an interested party in the substantive suit marked CV/3044/2018, which was filed before the court by an electorate in the state, Anani Chuka.