Awka – The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday validated the election of Nigerian business mogul, Valentine Ozigbo, as the authentic candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for the November 6 election.
Ozigbo was elected during the PDP primary held at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka on the 26th of June, 2021.
However, Ugochukwu Uba who emerged from a factional primary held same day had gone to court to challenge Ozigbo’s candidacy, asking the courts to declare him winner.
The apex court, in a judgement delivered at the Supreme Court Complex in Abuja today, threw out all the challenges to Ozigbo’s candidacy and awarded a damage of N5 million against Senator Ugochukwu Uba who it described as “meddlesome interloper”.
The panel of justices, led by Justice Inyang Okoro affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal Awka Division delivered on September 3, 2021, which declared Ozigbo the authentic governorship candidate of the PDP.
Mr Ozigbo was present at the Supreme Court along with former Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe.
Addressing newsmen after the court session, the PDP candidate, Ozigbo described the judgement as testament to the commitment of the judiciary to promote sanity in the nation’s electoral process.
