2027: Ereyitomi Floors Rival as Appeal Court Upholds APC Nomination
Alex Enumah in Abuja The Court of Appeal, Abuja has affirmed the nomination of incumbent House of Representatives member, Chief Thomas Ereyitomi, as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming House of Representatives election, for Warri Federal Constituency Seat in Delta State. A three-member panel of the appellate court took the decision on Wednesday, shortly after dismissing the appeal brought by Ekpoto Ekpoto Emmanuel, for lacking in merit. Recall that Justice Mohammed Umar of a Federal High Court in Abuja had on August 6 dismissed Emmanuel's suit on the grounds that the issues raised were outside the jurisdiction of the court. Emmanuel in his suit had claimed that Ereyitomi ought not to be on the race for the ticket of the APC for the Warri Federal Constituency Seat, on the grounds of being a member of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The plaintiff who was one of the three other aspirant that contested the APC primary election for the...