BREAKING: Supreme Court decides PDP governor's fate

  • The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the APC and its governorship candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State, Uche Nnaji, against PDP and Peter Mbah
  • Justice Tijani Abubakar of the Supreme Court ruled that Nnaji and the APC filed an invalid brief of argument and did not present enough evidence to justify their claims
  • The Enugu State governorship election tribunal and the court of appeal earlier dismissed Nnaji and the APC’s petition against Governor Mbah and the PDP

Enugu, Enugu – The Supreme Court has struck out the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the 2023 governorship election in Enugu, Uche Nnaji’s appeal filed against Governor Peter Mba of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) as the election winner.

In a ruling on Friday, September 15, the five-man panel of the Supreme Court said that the APC legal team and that of Nnaji filed an invalid brief of argument and failed to present convincing evidence before the court, The Nation reported.