In a unanimous decision, the Appeal Court Justices, led by Justice Biobele Georgewill, endorsed the findings of the trial court and dismissed the appeals brought by Nnanna Igbokwe of the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party candidate, Darlington Amaechi on the basis that their appeals were devoid of merit and failed to substantiate the issues raised.
This ruling conclusively settles the long-standing dispute regarding the venue of the PDP primaries, a pre-election matter that was previously deemed beyond the jurisdiction of the Appeal Court.
The ruling aligns with the judgment delivered by the Tribunal for National and State Assembly Elections for Imo State on September 7, 2023, which had also declared Chinedu, the rightful winner of the Ahiazu/Ezinifite/Mbaise Federal Constituency seat.
The Tribunal also affirmed that other political parties lacked the authority or legal standing to interfere in the internal affairs of rival parties, stating that venue issues related to primaries were exclusively pre-election matters and, therefore, not within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction.
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