The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has nullified the election of Hon. Dennis Agbo, member representing Udenu/Igboeze-North federal constituency and ordered the conduct of a fresh election within 90 days.

The tribunal in a judgement delivered on Friday via zoom, said that the appeal of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Hon. Dr. Oby Ajih had merit and ordered the Independent national Electoral Commission, INEC to conduct a fresh election for all parties involved.

Ajih had approached the appellate court challenging the ruling of the Tribunal that the election didn’t follow the right process as the logo of her party wasn’t in the form EC8A.

The appeal court in a judgement which lasted less than 30 minutes agreed that the appeal had merit and set aside the judgement of the tribunal.

They said that the non inclusion of the logo of the APC in the result sheet (form EC8A) isn’t in compliance with the electoral act.

It is however not clear the parties that will participate in the fresh election as the Court said they will make the details of the judgement available on a later date but it’s settled that the candidates of the Labour Party and APC will be on the ballot for the fresh poll.

The Lagos Division of Court of Appeal also upturned, on Friday, the verdict of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Umuahia which dismissed the election of the member representing Isikwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency in Abia State, Hon Amobi Ogah.

The tribunal had in a judgement in September nullified Ogah’s election, declaring the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate and current Minister of State for Labour, Nkiruka Onyejeocha, as the winner of the election.

Ogah headed for the Court of Appeal to challenge the judgment.

The Appeal Court, in its judgement, upturned the tribunal’s decision.

The appellate court said the appeal of the Labour Party candidate was meritorious and allowed same, thereby setting aside the ruling of the lower court.