Appeal Court sacks Enugu Rep member, declares LP candidate winner

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the sack of Hon. Simon Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the House of Representatives by Election Petition Tribunal.

The court also affirmed the declaration of Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo of the Labour Party, LP, as the winner of the 3rd February, 2024 re-run election for Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency.

The judgement was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman, Justice J.O Ekanem.

One of the Labour Party lawyers, Ifeanyi Ogenyi confirmed this in a post on Wednesday.

“Congratulations to the people of Igbo Eze North/Udenu Federal constituency.

“The wheel of justice turns slowly, but it grinds. Truth and justice has prevailed, no matter the wait. Dennis Agbo has prevailed!,” he wrote.

DAILY POST recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Atigwe the winner of the re-run election.

But Agbo, who had earlier won the February 25th, 2023 election but was sacked by the appellate court, proceeded to the tribunal to challenge Atigwe’s declaration and won the case. He also won at the Appeal Court.