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Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) filed a notice of appeal against last Thursday’s decision of the Appeal Court in Owerri, Imo State sacking him from office.
The court’s panel, led by Justice Oyebisi had, in its judgment, declared Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the election held on April 11 last year. It held that Otti scored the highest valid votes of 164,332 as against 114,444 scored by Ikpeazu.
The court held that there were established cases of over-voting and allocation of votes in favour of the PDP candidate in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Isi-Alangwa, Osisioma and Obingwa and proceeded to void elections in the three LGAs.
In a notice of appeal filed Monday at the Supreme Court, Ikpeazu and PDP are praying the apex court to among others, set aside the Appeal Court’sjudgment on the ground that neither Otti nor his party called credible and cogent evidence in support of their petition challenging Ikpeazu’s victory.
