Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe have been sacked by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.
Justice Inyang Ekwo in his ruling held that the total number of 393, 042 votes governor Umahi secured during the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Ebonyi state, belonged to the PDP and same could not be legally transferred to the APC.
According to the court, having defected to the APC, both Umahi and his deputy, not only jettisoned the PDP, but also the votes that belonged to it.
It held that going by the outcome of the governorship election, the office of the governor and deputy governor in Ebonyi state, “belong to the Plaintiff and no other political party”.
Recall that Umahi and Igwe defected from the PDP on whose platform they were elected into office in the 2015 and 2019 general elections to the APC.
Determined to reclaim its mandate, the PDP sued the Messrs Umahi, Igwe, the APC and INEC.
