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Sunday, September 12 2004 Search : Vol 17 No.30

News Opinion Features Sports Chic Columnists Faith Personage Magazine Interview Business Week Sunday Politics Ecowas Report Family Line Foreign News Tribunal nullifies another election in Anambra FELIX UKA, Awka THE first election petition tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State yesterday nullified the election of Dr. Harry Ohanezi, believed to be one of the remaining loyalists of Chief Chris Uba in the Federal House of Representatives. Ohanezi, representing Nnewi North and South, Ekwusigo federal constituency lost to Chief Cyril I. Maduabum who petitioned against the said election of Ohanezi. The five-man tribunal led by Justice Garuba Nabaruma after reviewing the case in the one and half hours judgement declared that the issue of who was duly nominated by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was argued over the matter but that after due consideration of the issues raised, Maduabum convinced the tribunal that he was the duly nominated and elected candidate for the position. The tribunal averred that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) had no powers to reverse the declaration of the petitioner (Maduabum) as the winner, and he (Maduabum) argued that the returning officer for the election declared him winner and issued him EC 8E;. only to have that reversed by the INEC two weeks later. Maduabum in the suit number EPT/AN/NA/8/03, sued against INEC and Dr. Ohanezi. The petitioner, ex-commissioner in the Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju’s administration through his counsel, Chief Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) prayed the court to declare the election null and void. Mr. Nobis Elendu, counsel to Ohanezi had insisted that his client’s declaration as winner of April 12, 2003 National Assembly election was in accordance with the Electoral Act, has been the candidate nominated for the election by the PDP and that Maduabum was rather a candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), which Ikpeazu reportedly declared as unfounded claims. About five members of the National Assembly in the state have had their election nullified by the tribunal. Okey Enemuo lost to Chidi Duru, Senator Ugochukwu Uba to Nicholas Ukachukwu, Senator Emma Anosike to Joy Emordi (Mrs.), Senator Ikechukwu Abana to Ben Obi and Nedu to Ugochukwu to Ben Nwankwo. However most of the cases are still pending in the Courts of Appeal.

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