Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Stella Oduah
A lawsuit filed against Senator Stella Oduah attempting to void her Peoples Democratic Party nomination for the Anambra North Senatorial District was dismissed by an Abuja-based Federal High Court.
Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the lawsuit brought by John Emeka, a senatorial candidate for the PDP in the primaries on May 27, because to status barring.
Oduah, PDP, and INEC were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by Emeka, who claimed that Oduah had lied under oath in her nomination and expression of interest documents.
The lawsuit also claimed that Oduah utilised the same information while swearing under oath to run for the PDP in the Anambra North Senatorial District in the 2015 and 2019 general elections. You can read more of such stories at Credible News.
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On October 13, Justice Ekwo set today for the case’s ruling.
Emeka asked the court to rule that the information Oduah provided in her INEC Form CF001 regarding her involvement in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme was fraudulent in the originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/841/2022 dated and filed on June 8 by his attorney, Mbanefo Ikwegbue.
He claims that the act violates the NYSC Act’s Sections 12(1)(a)(b)(c) and 13(1)(a).
He further requested that the court rule that she was ineligible to have run in the aforementioned elections and/or any other election into the Nigerian parliament due to the false information provided in her INEC Form CF 001 regarding her participation in the NYSC Scheme.
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