A High Court in Abakaliki has dismissed a suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Kelechi Igwe from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Umahi defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in November 2020.
Mr Sunny Ogbuoji sought an order to reinstate him as governor, instead of Umahi, who just defected to the party.
However, delivering his judgment on the matter on Monday, Justice Henry Njoku, dismissed the suit filed by Ogbuoji for lacking in merit and awarded N500, 000 as damages against him.
Umahi contested for the office of the governor in Ebonyi State in 2015, on the platform of the PDP and won.
Upon concluding his first term, the governor won the bid to extend his stay in office in the 2019 general elections, again as the PDP candidate.
