The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed the suit filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election in the state, Uche Nnaji, challenging the election of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that the accusation lacks credible substance.
The Court also dismissed the appeal Nnaji filed against the qualifications of the governorship candidates of the Labour Party, Chijioke Edeoga and that of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Frank Nweke to contest in the election The decision of the three-man panel of the appellate court was delivered by Justice J.O.K Oyewole on Tuesday.
Nnaji whose petition was initially dismissed by the Justice K.M Akano-led Enugu State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on June 20, 2023, had approached the appellate Court to seek redress.
He had contended that Mbah was not constitutionally qualified to vie for the office of the governor at the time of the election, having allegedly presented a forged NYSC discharged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The APC candidate, who polled 14,575 against Mbah’s 160,895 votes, to place a distant fourth in the election, equally averred that Governor Mbah was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election.
