Chief Victor Umeh, the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Anambra Central zone in the February 25 general election, has been disqualified by a Federal High Court 1 sitting in Awka.
On Friday, the Federal High Court 1, Awka, presided over by Justice H. A. Nganjiwa, disqualified Umeh for failing to comply with the stipulations of the Electoral Act.
In a three-hour decision, Nganjiwa disqualified Umeh for failing to comply with the rules of the Electoral Act regarding his membership status in the party primary.
The court found that there was no indication that Umeh’s resignation letter to the All Progressives Grand Alliance leadership was ever received by the party.
The court said his name was still in the membership register of APGA as of September 30, 2022 when he contested the party’s primary.
It also said Umeh’s name was not in the membership register of Labour Party as at the June 3, 2022, date of primary of the LP.
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The court therefore declared as null and void the publication of Umeh’s name as a candidate earlier by the Independent National Electoral Commission, as he failed to comply with the relevant provisions of the Electoral Act and the LP constitution.
The court therefore declared the publication as null and void and of no effect.
The court also issued an injunction restraining Umeh from parading himself as the senatorial candidate of LP.
The injunction also prevented the LP from accepting or presenting Umeh as her candidate.
Efforts to get Umeh’s reaction proved abortive as his telephone line indicated switched off. But one of his media aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Umeh was in Achalla for his campaign rally and had switched off his line.
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