The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed Mr Valentine Ozigbo as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state.
Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in a statement on Thursday said the commission decision was in compliance with the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division which declared Ozigbo as the validly elected candidate as against Senator Ugochukwu Uba.
Checks revealed that an Awka High Court had barred Ozigbo from parading himself as the PDP candidate.
But the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, who led a three-man panel of justices, held last Friday that the appeal filed by Valentine Ozigbo challenging the judgment of the Akwa High Court had merit.
INEC further disclosed that “the final list of candidates will be published on 7th October 2021 as provided for in the timetable and schedule of activities for the election.”
Barrister Okoye in the statement assured that the commission office in Akwa earlier vandalised would soon be ready as it was making efforts to rebuild the physical facilities.
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