Breaking: Court Declares Ararume Winner Of Imo North Senatorial Bye-Election

Court Has Declared Ararume Winner Of Imo North Senatorial Bye-Election.

News Rain Nigeria reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare Chief Ifeanyi Ararume as the winner of the December 5, 2020 bye-election for the Imo North Senatorial District of Imo State.

Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo held in a judgment that Ararume remained the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the election as of today and should be declared the winner of that election.

Breaking: Court Declares Ararume Winner Of Imo North Senatorial Bye-Election

The judge also ordered the electoral body to issue a Certificate of Return to Ararume within 72 hours from the delivery of the judgment for him to be formally inaugurated by the Senate President.

Justice Taiwo dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the APC and one Chukwuma Francis Ibezim challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain Ararume’s suit.

The judge held that the objection lacked merit because Ibezim being purported by APC as its candidate in the bye-election had been disqualified by a Federal High Court and later Court of Appeal for supplying false information to INEC to secure clearance for participation in the election.

Ararume had, through his counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN), told Justice Taiwo to invoke.

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