Court sacks PDP candidate again in Imo

• Published date: 20 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala federal constituency of Imo State, Albert Agulanna, has been sacked by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The appellant court, which delivered its verdict on Friday, ordered that a fresh primary be held in the federal constituency within the next 14 days.

The case was instituted by Dr Uzoma Ugochukwu from Aboh Mbaise.

The affected federal constituency is where the immediate past Governor Emeka Ihedioha hails from.

This came less than one week after the PDP candidate for Imo West senatorial district, Jones Onyereri, was sacked by the Supreme Court.

While Ihedioha was accused of masterminding the sacking of Onyereri, the National Secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu, has been fingered for the sack of Agulanna.

Ihedioha and Anyanwu are...