By Praise Chinecherem
It was jubilation galore in Lagos on Thursday following Court of Appeal’s affirmation of Sen. Dr Tony Nwoye as duly elected Senator for Anambra North Senatorial District.
The three-member panel held that the appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit and unmeritorious.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had, on Feb. 25, declared the Dr Tony Nwoye as the winner of the National Assembly election to represent the people of Anambra North.
Dissatisfied with the declaration, Mrs Stella Oduah and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenged the election of Dr Tony Nwoye at the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka.
The Anambra State National and State’s Election Petition Tribunal dismissed the two petitions from Mrs Stella Oduah and PDP.
Not satisfied with the judgments of the tribunal, Mrs Stella Oduah and PDP lodged appeals before the Court of Appeal in Lagos.
The Counsel to Dr Tony Nwoye and LP urged the court to dismiss the appeals for lacking in merit.
Delivering the judgments, the Court of Appeal upheld the submissions of the learned senior counsel to the respondents that the two appeals lacked merit and dismissed same while affirming the election of Dr Tony Nwoye as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
