Court Orders Gov. Ikpeazu to Vacate Office

Mon, Jun 27, 2016
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BREAKING NEWS, Judiciary

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A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, to vacate office immediately for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the party’s governorship primary in December 2014.

Justice Okon Abang in a judgment on Monday, June 27, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately issue a certificate of return to the plaintiff, Uche Ogah, who polled the second highest number of votes in the primary.

—  Jun 27, 2016 @ 15:10 GMT

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