The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed Senator Athan Achonu as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the November 11 election in Imo State.
Naija News understands that an aggrieved aspirant in LP’s primary, Basil Maduka had objected to Achonu’s candidature at both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal but the apex court dismissed the case on Thursday.
The case was thrown out for lack of locus standi.
A panel of five justices, led by Justice Iyang Okoro, also chided the appellant for abusing the court process and wasting the time of the courts.
The counsel to the Labour Party, Barrister Okwudili Anozie, while speaking on the court ruling, said the controversy surrounding the candidature of Achonu has been put to rest.
He said, “Today at the Supreme Court, the antics of Basil Maduka and his accomplice Joseph Ukaegbu, alias Ikenga, was put to an end as they met their waterloo at the Apex Court.
“Today was a culmination of their deceit and lies to Imolites spanning from their misrepresentation of the true position of the judgments of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal.
“Upon the exposure and collapse of their lies before the Supreme Court today, Basil’s Counsel, with tails in between his legs, immediately withdrew his subterfuge appeal that was aimed at giving credence to Ukaegbu’s sham, non-existent primaries”.
Achonu won the governorship primary held by the National Chairman of the LP, Julius Abure.
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