The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu has nullified the election of the Labour Party’s candidate, Prof. Sunday Nnamchi as the House of Representatives member for the Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency of Enugu State.
Delivering judgement in the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Cornelius Nnaji, the three-member panel of justices, led by A. M. Abubakar declared the petitioner as the duly elected candidate in the election conducted on 25th February 2023.
Nnaji, a one-term federal lawmaker, had challenged Nnamchi’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the winner of the election, noting that the respondent was not duly sponsored and qualified to contest under the candidacy of the Labour Party.
In its unanimous decision, the tribunal agreed with the petitioner that the candidate of the Labour Party was not qualified to contest the election.
