BREAKING: Supreme Court declares Ozigbo authentic PDP candidate
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The Supreme court has declared business mogul, Chief Valentine C. Ozigbo the authentic candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6 Anambra State governorship election.
Chief Ozigbo, the PDP flag-bearer for the upcoming election secured another victory as the Supreme Court of Nigeria recognised him as the authentic candidate.
The apex court, in a judgement delivered at the Supreme Court Complex in Abuja on Thursday, October 21, 2021 threw out all the challenges to Ozigbo’s candidacy.
It also awarded a damage of N5 million against Senator Ugochukwu Uba who it described as a “meddlesome interloper”.
The panel of justices, led by His Lordship, Justice Inyang Okoro affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal Awka Division delivered on September 3, 2021, which declared him the authentic governorship candidate of the PDP.
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Ozigbo was present at the Supreme Court along with former Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe.
He will be squaring up against other major players like Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Senator Andy Emmanuel Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Ben Etiaba of the Action Alliance (AA), et al.
