Court sacks PDP house of Reps member

A Federal High Court in Abuja has
ordered the removal of a member of the
House of Representatives, Idu Godwin
representing Onitsha North/South
Federal constituency from the house and
directed the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), to
withdraw the certificate of return
issued to him and issue a fresh
certificate of return to Lynda Chuba-
Ikpeazu who was declared the authentic
candidtae of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) at the April 11, 2015
election.
Justice Adeniyti Ademola in Abuja on
Thursday, gave the order while
delivering judgment on a pre-election
suit instituted by the plaintiff. The
court also ordered the National
Assembly, specifically the House of
Representatives to swear in the
plaintiff as a member of the house.
Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu who won the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary
election conducted on December 7, 2014
had in the suit challenged her
substitution with Idu Godin by the party.
The plaintiff in her affidavit in support
of the suit had said she and other
aspitants participated in the primaries
conducted on December 7, 2014 at the
instance of the National Executives but
were disappointed when an order of the
Federal High Court compelled INEC to
publish the list of candidates produced by
a factional state executive of PDP.
She further averred that court of appeal
had upheld their appeal against the ruling
and consequently struck out the suit.
But INEC failed to reflect her name as
the PDP candidate and that was when she
approached the PDP but they could bot
offer any tangible explanation for her
subsitution.