Court sacks Governor Umahi for defecting to APC

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has been sacked by a Federal High Court in Abuja, following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to the All Progressive Congress, (APC).

Also sacked on Tuesday, March 8th 2022, is his Deputy, Dr Eric Igwe.

In a judgement delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, the court held that the total number of 393,042 votes Umahi secured during the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Ebonyi state, belonged to the PDP and same could not be legally transferred to the APC.

Details soon…