JUST IN: Senator Ifeanyi Ubah sacked by court

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) has been sacked on Friday by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja.

Senator Ubah was the lawmaker representing Anambra South district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly.

Mr. Obinna Uzoh of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who challenged Ubah’s victory in the February 23 poll, has been ordered to be recognised as the winner of the election by Justice Bello Kawu who refused to reverse last December's court ruling that initially removed Uba as a member of the Senate.

The judge also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to Uzoh, the applicant, as the senator-elect in the district.

Channels also reported that Justice Kawu's judgment did not only sack Ubah but also declared that the second defendant in the suit – the YPP – did not have the locus standi, and should not have participated in the election.

Reacting to the judgment, the National Chairman of YPP, Mr Bishop Amakiri, said his party would appeal the decision of the court, claiming that the court erred in law on the ground that the party was never served with the court processes.

Amakiri added that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain and enter judgment in favour of Mr Uzoh who he said never participated in the senatorial election.