Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, has reiterated his decision to challenge the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, as winner of the November 6, poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Senator Ubah said while addressing members of his party at the weekend at Awka, that he had reviewed the outcome of the November 6, poll and resolved that there were enough grounds to challenge the declaration of Professor Chukwuma Soludo, as the winner of the election.
The former Anambra South senator, who recalled how he was removed as governor by the Supreme Court of Nigeria after 17 days in office in 2007, insisted that he was not hurt by the outcome of the election
The candidate who was in the company of the Anambra state APC chairman, Basil Ejidike, said he took the decision after an internal debriefing by the party and the campaign organization, noting that they discovered that besides having enough grounds to challenge the declaration of Professor Soludo as governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the entire election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the rules governing such exercise.
He said: “I will start by thanking God who kept us all alive throughout the campaign and the election. Let me once again thank everyone that contributed to this election in one way or the other. Your efforts were not in doubt and I thank you all.
“We will, however, be heading to court with the discoveries we have, which show that the declaration of Soludo as the governor-elect is faulty.
“As governor, I was removed after 17 days of being sworn in, by the Supreme Court of Nigeria and I did not die. So, the current development won’t hurt me. Power belongs to God and Him alone determines who he will entrust it to.
“Preliminary investigations showed that there were sufficient grounds for us and the party to challenge the declaration of the APGA candidate, Soludo, as winner of the election by INEC and the ideal thing to do in the face of such discovery, is to approach the tribunal for redress”
The state chairman of APC, Basis Ejidike, also explained that the decision to seek judicial redress was perhaps, “the surest way to ensure that those who engineered the electoral heist of November 6, 2021 did not enjoy the fruits of their perfidy.
“We are, therefore, heading to court. APGA and INEC are aware that they compromised during the election and we have evidences to challenge INEC’s declaration in the court of law,” Ejidike said.
