Challenge – Prime Pointers

2023: Court dismisses suit challenging Stella Oduah’s senatorial candidacy

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed against Sen. Stella Oduah, seeking an order invalidating her nomination as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s senatorial candidate in Anambra.Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for being status barred.Justice Ekwo had, on Oct. 13, fixed today for judgment in the matter filed by John Emeka, an aspirant in the May 27 primary poll conducted by the PDP and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).The plaintiff had sued Oduah, PDP and INEC as 1st to 3rd…

Ebonyi Assembly speaker, lawmakers challenege court’s jurisdiction on defection

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 admin

The Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru and 16 other lawmakers have challenged the hearing of their defection suit before the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja.Justice Inyang Ekwo had fixed March 8, 2022 for judgment in a suit, praying the court to sack Gov. David Umahi and lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.Nwifuru and his colleagues, in Novenber 2020, defected from the PDP, alongside the governor, for APC.Reacting, the PDP filed a suit before Justice…