Defection: Appeal Court Sets Aside Judgment Sacking Gov Umahi, Deputy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2022
Justice Inyang Ekwo, had in his judgment delivered on March 8, 2022
held that the total number of 393, 042 votes governor Umahi secured
during the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Ebonyi state, belonged to the PDP and same could not be legally transferred to the APC.
The Appeal Court in its judgement on Friday, held that the 1999 Constitution did not provide any punishment for a governor or deputy
governor who defected from the party on which platform he/she got to
office.
Justice Haruna Tsanami, in the lead judgment of the appellate court held
that the only option opened to a political party, aggrieved by the defection of a governor or deputy governor, is to explore the impeachment option provided in the Constitution.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja aligned with an earlier decision on the same issue given by the court’s Enugu division.