Uba brothers, Umeh, 13 others file petitions at tribunal

Senator Andy Uba, his younger brother Chris and Chief Victor Umeh are among those who filed petitions challenging the outcomes of their various elections in the Anambra Election Petitions Tribunal as at March 19.

There are eight petitions each in the Senate and House of Representatives elections categories all filed between March 14 and March 16.

Secretary of the tribunal, Mrs. Falilat Orire, who signed the list of petitions, confirmed that the list was not exhaustive as the tribunal was still receiving petitions.

Incumbent Senator Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his brother, Chris, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ran against Senator-elect Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Anambra South Senatorial contest.

While Sen. Uba in suit no. EPT/AN/SEN/09/2019 petitioned against Ubah, returning officer for Anambra South, resident electoral commissioner in Anambra and INEC, Chris in petition no. EPT/AN/SEN/11/2019 sued Ubah, returning officer, the state resident electoral commissioner and local governments’ collation officers in the district.

Umeh in his petition marked EPT/AN/SEN/16/2019/ filed by APGA and Umeh-as petitioners has Sen. Uche Ekwunife of the PDP, PDP, INEC and Anambra South Senatorial District election returning officer as defendants.

Also challenging Ekwunife’s victory is Tony Onyekwelu, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who filed petition no. EPT/AN/SEN/01/2019.

The victory of Sen. Stella Oduah of the PDP has three petitions filed against it, including EPT/AN/SEN/13/2019, EPT/AN/SEN/10/2019 and EPT/AN/SEN/06/2019 filed by filed Chinedu Emeka of APGA, Nelson Oseloka and Uchechukwu Udorji respectively.

Some of the petitions for Federal House of Representatives election were those by Ekene Enefe of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) against Vincent Ofumelu of the PDP, INEC and others in suit no. EPT/AN/HR/02/2019.

Ernest Nwoye of the PDP who contested for Anambra East and Anambra West Federal Constituency petitioned against APGA and INEC in EPT/AN/HR/03/2019 while Dozie Nwankwo of APGA in EPT/AN/HR/07/2019 is challenging the victory of Valentine Ayika of PDP.

Okwudili Ezenwankwo of APGA, Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency is being challenged in EPT/AN/HR04/2019 by Sopuruchukwu Ezeonwuka and the Accord Partyin suit EPT/AN/HR/08/2019 filed by Chinelo Nwankwo and Chinelo Nnabuife of YPP in EPT/AN/HR/12/2019 respectively.