Anambra Senate - Nigeria's Apex Court Dashes Hope Of Chris Uba, Others

Nigeria’s apex court on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Anambra strong man, Chief Chris Uba of adding the tag of senator to his name with a ruling that ended controversies over the representation of his state at the National Assembly.

The court refused invitation of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to clarify the controversies over its earlier judgment which many had interpreted had by default, made Chris a senator while his brother, Andy will have to vacate his senatorial seat.

In the earlier judgement, the Supreme Court had declared the faction of Anambra State PDP Executive which conducted the primary elections which led to emergence of Senators Andy Uba and Stella Oduah illegal.

Uche Ekwunife, the third senator produced in the primary conducted by the faction had earlier been kicked out by Court of Appeal.
In the earlier judgment delivered last month, the Supreme Court had upheld the December 2014 decision of Justice Chukwu of Federal High Court in which the Chris Uba backed Ejike Oguebego faction was declared the authentic PDP executive for Anambra State.

Analysts had thought that by the judgment, Andy Uba, Stella Oduah and PDP members of House of Representatives, who were products of a primary conducted by another faction of the party, are now to be replaced by those on the list submitted to INEC by the Ejike Oguebego-led Executive Committee of the PDP in Anambra.