 The National Assembly Election petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia the Abia State capital on Monday sacked a Labour Party Member Representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency, Hon Emeka Nnamani, over falsification of academic certificate.
According to reports, Nnamani was disqualified by the Tribunal based on an existing appeal court judgement against him over forged documents.
 The Tribunal, following the disqualification of Nnamani, subsequently declared Chief Mascot Ikwechege as the authentic winner of the February 25th National Assembly Election in Aba North/South Federal constituency.
 Nnamani, a member of Labour Party, LP won the 23 February 2023 House of Representatives election with 35,502 votes to defeat two other major opponents, Alex Ikwecheghi of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA who scored 22,465 votes, while the incumbent member of House of Representative, Chimaobi Ebisike, of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP scored 13,388 votes.
 The APGA candidate, Alex Ikwecheghi subsequently challenged the results of the election at 2023 Elections Petitions Tribunal.
