The Appeal Court in Lagos has affirmed the election of Ikenga Ugochinyere for the Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives.
The panel of Justices led by Justice Abubakar Babandi Gumel set aside the ruling on September 10 of the Tribunal which nullified the election of Ugochinyere on the grounds that he was not a candidate as there were no primares in his Federal Constituency.
The tribunal had also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct rerun election Calls in 4 Wards between APC and LP candidates.
However , the appellate court on Wednesday overruled the judgments of the tribunal.
The court held that the petition was a pre-election matter which tribunals lacked jurisdiction to entertain
