The Abia State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the governorship election tribunal judgment, which dismissed its petition of Chief Ikechi Emenike, its candidate in the March 18, 2023 poll.
In dismissing Emenike’s petition, the three-member panel led by Justice H. T. D. Gwadah, on Friday, upheld Governor Alex Otti’s victory in the election.
Earlier on Friday, the panel had dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Chief Okey Ahaiwe, for lacking in merit.
But dissatisfied with the outcome, the APC, through a statement by its chairman Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, described the judgment as a miscarriage of justice and vowed to appeal it in court.
The statement read: “It is unacceptable and we reject it. We condemn unequivocally the judgement of the tribunal.
“We have mandated our legal team to appeal the judgment of the tribunal.”
