The Court of Appeal in Enugu State has upheld the ruling of an election tribunal that sacked a House of Representatives member, Simon Atigwe.
Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) represents Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency.
In the earlier ruling in August, the National Election Petition Tribunal in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, sacked the federal lawmaker.
The tribunal, headed by Justice H. N. Kunaza, also declared Dennis Agbo, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, the winner of a rerun election held in February.
But Atigwe filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Enugu State to challenge the ruling.
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While delivering the judgment on Wednesday, the Court of Appeal in Enugu held that Atigwe of the PDP was not duly elected in the rerun election.
The three-member panel of the tribunal also affirmed the declaration of Agbo of the LP, the rightful winner of the election.
The judgment was read out by the head of the panel, Justice Joseph Eyo Ekanem.
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