Umeh lost the APGA ticket for Anambra Central Senatorial District in the primaries in Awka, the state capital.
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Speaking at the well-attended congress of the party held at the party’s secretariat on Acme Road, Ikeja, Ekwunife particularly commended the seamless political transition and the peaceful conduct of members of the party throughout the congress, saying such political maturity was rare in the country.
The Anambra State Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in Awka had nullified the election, which she purportedly won in the 2015 general elections on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party
The state Chairman of the party, Emeka Ibe, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Awka while briefing newsmen
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Ekwunife, who was inaugurated as senator in June 2015, had her election nullified by the Court of Appeal in Enugu on December 6, 2015, on grounds of irregularities
Ekwunife, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, had secured victory at the Anambra State Election Petition tribunal but Umeh had gone ahead to contest the decision at the Court of Appeal
Ekwunife said this during the oversight function of the committee to some fuel depots in Lagos
This even as the Petroleum Pricing Monitoring Company revealed that the country has lost N50 billion to pipeline vandals within 10 months