The Ebonyi State Governorship election tribunal has adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by the The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the March 18 governorship election, Ifeanyi Odii challenging the victory of the Governor Francis Nwifuru.
The hearing which was supposed to begin Wednesday was adjourned till Thursday by the three-member panel headed by Justice A. L. Ogunmoye to enable counsels to reconcile their documents needed to commence hearing.
The PDP and Odii are asking the Tribunal to declare that Nwifuru who contested and won on the platform of the APC was not qualified since he remains a member of the PDP and the party never sponsored him for any election in the just concluded 2023 general election.
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The Petitioners also cited a subsisting judgment by Justice Henry Njoku of the Ebonyi State High Court, which ruled that Nwifuru and other lawmakers of Ebonyi State House of Assembly who purportedly defected to the APC are still members of the PDP.
The PDP candidate, Odii placed second in the Governorship election with 80,191 votes while Nwifuru scored 199,131 votes to emerge the winner.
Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe
