A
Federal High Court in Abuja Division has sacked two House of Representatives
members from Enugu State.
The
affected lawmakers are Honourable Stella Ngwu representing Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani
Federal Constituency and Honourable Dennis Agbo representing Igbo-Eze
North/Udenu Federal Constituency.
Justice
Okon Abang held that the emergence of Ngwu and Agbo as the candidates of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in December 2014 was unlawful.
Justice
Abang ordered the sacked lawmakers to refund all monies they had collected by
way of salaries and allowances since they took the seats in the House to the
coffers of the National Assembly of Nigeria forthwith.
The
court also declared Dr. Gabriel A. Okafor as the rightful winner of Igbo-Eze
North/Udenu Federal Constituency primary election, while Honourable Chijioke H.
Ugwu was ruled to have won the Egbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency ov
Enugu State in 2014.
Sources:
guardian
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