Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the removal of the two House of
Representatives members of People Democratic Party (PDP)
from the National Assembly.
The two law makers are Stella Ngwu who represents Igbo-Etti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency and Dennis Agbo representing
Igbo Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency) both in Enugu State.
The judge ordered the sack of the two
legislators in his judgments in two suits,
delivered last Friday.
The suits marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1088/14 and
FHC/ABJ/CS/1104 were initiated by Gabriel Okafor and Chijoke Ugwu challenging the nomination of the sacked legislators by PDP which the judge upheld.
Okafor is now to replace Ngwu
(for Igbo-Etti/Uzo-Uwani Federal
Constituency), while Ugwu will take the place
of Agbo (for Igbo Eze North/Udenu Federal
Constituency) with this judgement.
The judge held that it was unconstitutional, illegal
and unlawful for the PDP and its National
Working Committee to have conducted the
primaries from which the sacked legislators
emerged using the lists of delegates other
than the ones produced from the ward
congresses held on November 1, 2014.
Justice Okon Abang held that the emergence of
Ngwu and Agbo violated provisions of
sections 85 to 89 of the Electoral Act, 2010
and Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections.
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