BEVERLY HILLS, May 30, (THEWILL) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has cancelled the emergence of Ned Nwoko as the Senator-elect representing Delta North Senatorial District.
The court, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, said the judgment at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, which resulted in the recognition of Nwoko as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was wrongly filed.
It ruled that the matter ought to have been brought at the lower court before the expiration of 14 days from the time of the incidence that birthed the suit.
It added that the failure of the applicant at the lower court to file the case before the expiration of 14 days meant that the case had become statute barred and the lower court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter in the first place.
“As at the time the matter was instituted at the Federal High Court, the case was statute barred. We set aside the decision of the Federal High Court and strike out the case,” the court ruled.
With the ruling, Nwaoboshi will now be recognised as the senator-elect for the district.
