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November 7, 2023 Court Of Appeal Affirms Orji Kalu Winner Of Abia North

Court Of Appeal Affirms Orji Kalu Winner Of Abia North

The Court of Appeal has affirmed Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the winner of the Abia North Senatorial District seat in the February 25 poll.

The court, presided over by Justice Abiri, upheld the earlier judgment by the Abia State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.

The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Nnamdi Iro Orji, and his Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Senator Mao Ohabunwa, had appealed the Tribunal’s judgment.

But in a unanimous ruling, the panel of justices described the appeal as lacking in merit and maintained that Senator Kalu complied with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

Kalu, a two-time lawmaker, was declared the winner of the February 25 senatorial polls, with 30,805 votes to defeat Nnamdi, who got 27,540 votes, while Mao Ohuabunwa scored 15,175 votes to place third.

June 5, 2020 Sen Lawan, Sen Principal Officers Welcome  Kalu From Prison

Sen Lawan, Sen Principal Officers Welcome Kalu From Prison

Senate President, AHMAD LAWAN, led other principal officers to welcome back one of their members, Senator ORJI UZOR KALU, from the Correctional Service in Kuje, Abuja.

KALU, a former governor of Abia State, who is the current Chief Whip of the Senate and others, was in December last year, convicted and sentenced for N7.1bn fraud.

Justice MOHAMMED IDRIS, who was elevated to the Court of Appeal bench, had returned to the Federal High Court in Lagos to complete the case, which started in 2007.

The Federal High Court led Justice MOHAMMED LIMAN before whom the applicant’s motion was pending, however, granted the prayer of the applicant, and ordered his release from the Kuje prison custody on Tuesday.

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