Court sacks PDP House of Reps member
FATIMAH ABDULLAHI
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, member of the House of Representatives representing Onitsha North/South Federal Constituency of Anambra State, Godwin Idu, to vacate his seat.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, who gave this order also cancelled the certificate of return given to Mr Idu by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC earlier as the winner of the March 28, 2015 election for the Onitsha North/South Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.
These oders were contained in the judgment delivered by Justice Ademole in a suit challenging the submission of Idu’s name to the INEC as the candidate of the PDP for the election.
The judge also ordered that the plaintiff in the suit, Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu, should be sworn to replace Godwin Idu as Honourable mamber representing Onitsha North/South Federal Constituency at the National Assembly.
The eventual winner, Chuba-Ikpeazu, had filed the suit which predated the March 28, 2015 election, on March 18, 2015, to challenge the substitution of her name earlier submitted to INEC as the winner of the PDP’s primary, with that of Idu.
The judgment also directed INEC to issue fresh certificate of return to Chuba-Ikpeazuan as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Clerk of the National Assembly to swear in Chuba-Ikpeazu as replacement for Idu.
