The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday reversed its judgment declaring Dr. Obiora Okonkwo of the Peoples Democratic Party as the elected Senator for the Anambra Central Senatorial District. The judgment was delivered in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1092/14, which Okonkwo filed against the PDP; its former National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu; INEC; and Mrs. Uche Ekwunife. Ruling on Friday, Justice Tsoho reversed its earlier judgment and held that Okonkwo misled the court. He ruled, “The judgment entered by this court is a consent judgment rendered on the procedural ground without trial. If the consent judgment of this court is at variance with the decisions of the Court of Appeal, it is bound to be declared a nullity.

Source: Punch January 12, 2018 23:03 UTC