The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State as the winner of the April 11 2015 gubernatorial election.
The judges declared that he has the highest number of lawful votes cast
Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of the state and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the April 11 governorship election, challenged the judgment of the appeal court declaring Alex Otti, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as winner of the poll.
Ikpeazu, through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), asked the court overturn the judgment because the appeal court erred by declaring Otti winner in an election in which he scored a fewer votes than he did.
Olanipekun argued that the APGA candidate should not take victory in an election he claimed was marred by corrupt practices.
But Otti, through Akin Olujimi (SAN), prayed the court to strike
out Ikpeazu’s appeal for lacking in merit.
He argued that Otti won in 14 out of 17 local governments areas in Abia state before “some PDP people hijacked the election”.
“I pray your lordships to dismiss the appeal; it has no merit,” he said. But the apex court upheld Ikpeazu’s election, stating that his appeal challenging the decision of the appeal court had merit and was allowed.
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