Court nullifies Ebonyi 2024 LG election, sacks chairmen, Councillors 

By Jeff Agbodo 

ABAKALIKI – A Federal High Court sitting successful Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State superior has nullified the predetermination of serving section authorities and councilorship elections conducted successful 2024 successful the state. 

The presiding Judge, Justice H.I.O. Oshomah, held that the July 2024 section authorities and councilorship elections successful the authorities did not conform with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

The tribunal voided and cancelled the section authorities and councilorship elections and asked the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) and the authorities government, who are the 2nd and 3rd respondents, not to behaviour further section authorities and councilorship elections successful the authorities but successful enactment with the provisions of the Constitution.

The tribunal granted astir of the reliefs sought by counsel to the 1st plaintiff, Hamilton Ogbodo, and 2nd plaintiff, Chief Mudi Erhenede, granted consequential orders connected the matter.

Hamilton Ogbodo, counsel to 1st plaintiff, Samuel Udeogu, hailed the judgement.

“So, successful effect, the section authorities predetermination that was conducted successful July 2024 successful Ebonyi State is nary more; it has been cancelled by this Federal High Court today.

“If the 2nd and 3rd defendants privation to bash what the instrumentality says they should do, they should revert to presumption quo ante bellum and past obey the tribunal order, but we are waiting for them due to the fact that the clip wrong which they tin entreaty this judgement is inactive moving and erstwhile it expires, we volition cognize what to do.

“We expect them to obey the tribunal order. The section authorities chairmen person been sacked by the bid of the court. The tribunal has done precisely what the instrumentality says it should bash due to the fact that these things are successful achromatic and white.

“It is erstwhile you don’t privation to obey the law, you know, work it the mode you privation truthful that it tin service your ain goals,” helium said.

On his part, Mudi Erhenede, counsel to Isu Amaechi, who is 2nd plaintiff successful the matter, said the Federal High Court sitting successful Abakaliki, presided implicit by precocious Justice Fatun Riman, had nullified the 2022 section authorities and councilorship elections, which the authorities authorities did not obey but went up and swore successful radical arsenic elected assembly chairmen and councillors crossed the 13 section governments and 171 wards successful the state.

He noted that the 2nd and 3rd defendants filed an entreaty against the Justice Fatun Riman judgement, which they mislaid pursuing the upholding of the Justice Fatun Riman Federal High Court judgement.

“This is simply a question of radical who don’t privation to judge successful regularisation of instrumentality and obey the regularisation of law.

“The Federal High Court nullified the section authorities predetermination conducted successful 2022 and the state, successful defiance of that judgement, proceeded to curse successful immoderate persons arsenic section authorities chairmen,” helium said.

He hailed the Justice Oshomah tribunal ruling of Tuesday connected the 2024 section authorities and councilorship elections successful the authorities and urged the tribunal to marque disposable the judgement wrong the imaginable time.

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