Abia North: Senator expresses shock over Appeal Court judgment
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator representing Abia North, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has described the recent nullification of his election by the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri as a shock, saying he could not reconcile the judgement with the overwhelming votes given to him by the people of Abia North.
The senator made this known while addressing journalists in Umuahia, on the recent outcome of the Appeal Court judgement which ordered a re-run election within 90 days.
According to Mao, ''Abia North overwhelmingly voted for me. It was a huge shock for me when I received the decision of the Court of Appeal because I could not reconcile the judgement with the mandate the people gave me. My election had no issues, and out of the five local governments, I won in four local governments.''
The former lawmaker said: ''Orji Uzor Kalu who challenged the outcome of the tribunal judgment did agree at the tribunal that elections were peaceful in Bendel, Isikwuato local governments areas, but was contesting election results from Umunochi, Ohafia, Arochukwu governments areas of Abia North, the Appeal court nullified the whole election without consideration to the two local governments adjudged by the challenger to be peaceful and void of irregularities. The court gave Orji Uzor Kalu what he did not even ask for. In Appeal court, there are no new witnesses, you are only appealing against a judgment. The judgment baffles me. Having taken the judgement the way it is, I have appealed to God against the judgement.
Mao, who had been in the Senate for few months, said he had sponsored bills, motions that would impact positively on the lives of the people. He called on Abia people to judge him by his performance in office
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Sunday, 3 January 2016
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