The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has dismissed the suit seeking the removal of David Umahi and Eric Igwe as governor and deputy governor of the state.
Justice Henry Njoku of the Ebonyi high court, had on February 28 dismissed a suit brought by Sunny Ogbuoji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and runner up in the 2019 governorship election, which sought Umahi’s sack for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
Njoku had held that Umahi and his deputy did not flout any law by their defection.
According to a report by The Cable, not satisfied by the outcome, Ogbuoji appealed the ruling.
Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice A.O Belgore, dismissed the suit for being inconsistent with the constitution and extant laws of the country.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal in Abuja is yet to hear Umahi’s appeal seeking to void the judgment of an Abuja Federal High Court which sacked him from office on account of his defection.
