Appeal Court dismiss APC candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Friday, sacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume for the Imo North bye-election.
The judgment, which was delivered by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam, came barely 24 hours to the bye-election, which is to hold on Saturday, December 5, in the 64 wards across the six Local Government Areas.
JusticeOnyemenam, who delivered the judgment in a tension-soaked courtroom, declared Frank Ibezim as the authentic candidate of the APC ahead of the election.
He faulted the November 6 judgment of the Federal High Court which sacked Ibezim and announced Araraume, who represented the district between 1999 and 2007 as the rightful winner of the APC Primary election.
The justice ordered INEC to immediately enlist Ibezim’s name as the candidate of the party for the bye-election.