The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the ruling of the House of Representatives tribunal sacking the member representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency, Rt. Simon Atigwe.
The Appeal Court which delivered the judgement in Enugu a few minutes ago said that Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP wasn’t duly elected by the valid votes cast in the rerun election and declared Dennis Agbo of the Labour Party as the rightful winner of the election.
It will be recalled that Atigwe was declared the winner of the re-run election held on February 3rd, 2024.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said the PDP’s candidate polled 23863 votes to defeat Hon. Dennis Agbo of the Labour Party who garnered 23226 votes.
Agbo who had earlier won the February 25th, 2023 election but was sacked by the appellate court proceeded to the tribunal to challenge Atigwe’s declaration.
