Anambra Election: Crisis Hits APGA As Ekwunife Drags Obiano to Court

A legal battle that may stand on the way of the leading contender in the yet to be concluded Anambra governorship election, Chief Willie Obiano, has reared its head in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, has gone  to court to challenge the eligibility of Obiano to contest the election.

Ekwunife, a member of the House of Representatives, was the first runner-up in the primary election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the November 16 Governorship elections in which Willie Obiano came first.

She is contending that the alleged double registration status of Obiano with the Independent National Electoral Commission as a voter disqualified him from contesting the election.

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Awka, in suit number FHC/AWK/CS/281/2013, Ekwunife is also asking the court to declare her as the candidate of APGA.

Obiano, APGA and INEC are the defendants in the suit. No date has been fixed for hearing in the suit.

Ekwunife is also seeking, among other reliefs, that INEC should be compelled to recognise her as the candidate of the party for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State, based on Obiano’s double registration.

Obiano was alleged to have registered in Lagos and Anambra states respectively, which amounts to double registration as stipulated by the electoral act.

READ: Bursted: APGA Candidate in Anambra Guber Election, Willie Obiano Possesses Two Voters’ Card

READ: Evidence Suggesting that Willie Obiano Posseses Double Voters Card Surfaces [Document Attached]

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