An Abuja Federal High Court, has fixed October 5, for ruling on the motion for amendment in a suit seeking to disqualify Prof. Greg Ibe as the governoship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State.
The Court sitting in Abuja adjourned the matter involving Etigwe Uwa (SAN) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the outcome of the May 29 gubernatorial primaries.
THE WHISPERER reports that the case presided over by Justice Maha J in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1252/2022 came for hearing on Tuesday September 27.
Recall THE WHISPERER reported that one of the contestants for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship ticket in Abia State, Etigwe Uwa, SAN approached the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, urging it to declare him winner of the party’s primary election held on May 29, 2022.
Uwa wants the court to determine the authentic governorship candidate of the party as a result of the two parallel governorship primary elections held on Sunday, May 29, 2022.
The applicant in suit number FHC/UM/CS/100/2022, seeking to be joined as the 7th defendant in a matter between Chief Chikwe Udensi who pulled the least number of votes during the primaries, and APGA, INEC and four others.
Uwa, the applicant, said he took part in the said primary election and was declared the first runner up whilst the Plaintiff, Udensi, came 4th but failed to join him in the suit.
