No court disqualified me – Ekwunife

Senator Uche Ekwunife, representing Anambra Central senatorial district, yesterday said the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu neither disqualified her nor her party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from participating in the fresh election it ordered for Anambra Central Senatorial District.

Ekwunife, who reacted to publications in some national newspapers to the effect that she and her party, the PDP, was disqualified by the court from participating in the fresh election, said the publication was the handiwork of her opponent of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh. She urged people of the zone to ignore the stories, as they are false.

The senator, who gave Daily Sun a copy of the enrolment order of the court yesterday in Awka noted that the Court of Appeal, which on Monday, December 7, nullified her election and ordered fresh election did not at any time or point in the judgment disqualify her or her party, adding that no court can disqualify a candidate on the basis of a flawed primary.