George Moghalu asks court to nullify Andy Uba’s candidacy in Anambra guber election

Ahead of November 6 governorship election, a federal high court in Abuja has been asked to nullify the primary election of the

A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, George Moghalu, Monday, asked a Federal High Court in Abuja, to nullify the candidacy of Senator Andy Uba in the November 6 guber election in the state.

Moghalu, who was governorship aspirant of the APC in Anambra State, in a suit alleged that the Electoral Act and APC guidelines were brazenly raped in the primary election that produced Uba as APC candidate.

In the suit instituted on his behalf by Chief Chris Uche (SAN), the plaintiff who claimed to have bought a nomination form for a whopping N23m asserted that no primary election known to law was conducted by the party.

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The governorship aspirant tendered the report of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC which confirmed that no primary election was conducted within time stipulated by law.

The APC chieftain cited section 87 of the Electoral Act and guidelines of the party which stipulated that primary election must be conducted between 8am and 4pm.

Plaintiff averred that he and delegates as well as INEC officials waited till 7pm on the primary election day without party officials billed to conduct the election.

The APC chieftain further stated that the INEC officials, delegates and himself left the venue when the reality dawned on them that no election would be conducted afterall.

He said that he was shocked the following day when the party announced that it had conducted a purported primary election and that one Andy Uba had won.

Plaintiff therefore asked Justice Inyang Ekwo to nullify the purported primary election and order a fresh one.

In the alternative, Moghalu prayed for an order of the court compelling the party to refund the N23m paid for the nomination form and expression of interest.