The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has upturned the judgment of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory which ordered the removal of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah as lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly.
Justice Bello Kawu, delivered the judgment on January 17, 2020.
However, the appellate court on Thursday held that Ubah who contested the election on the platform of Young Progressive Party was duly elected by the people of his senatorial district.
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Delivering judgment in a motion on notice by Ubah where he raised jurisdictional issues on the competence of unsigned court processes by the respondents, Justice Stephen Adah who led a three-man panel said the motion “had merit and the reliefs are fully granted”.
Ubah through his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), had argued that the trial judge, Bello Kawu, assumed jurisdiction in the case when in fact there were no valid processes before him to confer jurisdiction on him.
