Anambra Senator and Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, has debunked
reports that the Supreme Court has nullified her election into the
Senate.
There had been reports earlier on Friday that
the Supreme Court had sacked two Senators from Anambra State, Stella
Oduah and Andy Uba, nearly two months after a third Senator from the
state, Uche Ekwunife, was sacked.
This was following the Supreme
Court ruling which re-affirmed the chairmanship of Ejike Oguebego as the
authentic State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
Anambra State.
The Supreme Court also declared the list of candidates submitted by the Ken Emekayi-faction illegal.
But
in an interview with Channels Television to clarify the implication of
the judgement on her election into the Senate, Oduah said, “In all its
entirety, it is false.
“I have gone through the court judgment and the judge clearly did not give any judgement to that effect.
“Indeed,
what the judgment and the case is all about is state exco and as we all
know, state exco do not do election, neither do they submit list.
“So
the issue of emergence of candidate, and the issue of candidates that
won election was not the issue of this particular case.”
She added that there is a “sister case” for which the Supreme Court has given a similar judgment but they were not related.
“The
Judge was very clear on its judgment and it clearly says its not about
who emerges or the election but about the legality of the excos,” she
said.
Oduah was a former Aviation Minister, who resigned her
position to pursue her political ambition while Mr Uba was a former
Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Domestic
Affairs.
All the Senators from Anambra State, including Mrs Ekwunife, emerged on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Oduah said that she was initially baffled when the news of her supposed sacking reached her.
“I
was shocked because I knew we went through the right process and its
only national executive that submits list to INEC. So the judgment was
not against us the candidates of PDP.”
The Anambra State PDP Chairman, Mr Oguebego, had sued on behalf of
themselves and others including Mr Chris Uba, who is the Anambra South
Senatorial Zone candidate for the apex court to determine who were the
legal and validly nominated candidates of the party to stand for the
last general elections for the party in the state.
Going by the
ruling, the list of nominated party candidates in the last election from
the Oguebego-led executive of the Anambra PDP is the only one to be
recognised by the INEC.
http://www.channelstv.com/2016/01/29/stella-oduah-debunks-reports-of-supreme-court-sacking/
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