George Sekibo
The
People's Democratic Party has lost a member in the National Assembly as
an All Progressives Congress member triumphs over him in court.
Appeal Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Senator George Sekibo
challenging the judgment of the Rivers State National Election Tribunal
which removed him as Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial
District.
The Appellate Court held that the appeal lacked merit as it did not
show facts as to why the decision of the lower court should be set
aside.
The three-man panel of the Appeal Court held that the ousted
lawmaker only reproduced his closing remarks at the end of the hearing
at the tribunal, but did not challenge the decision reached by the
tribunal.
The panel also held that according to the law, where an issue is not challenged the court has no business considering it.
Source: Channels TV
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