Labour Party Senatorial candidate for Abia North in Abia in the 2023 election, Nnamdi Iro Orji has prayed the Appeal Court to nullify Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s election, claiming the election did not meet the requirements of the Electoral Act 2022.
In the appeal lodged by his lead counsel, Bert C. Iqwilo, SAN, from the chamber of Anaga Kalu Anaga & Associates against Orji Kalu, the Labour Party candidate claimed the senatorial election was not conducted based on the Electoral Act 2022, as well as the non-conduct of elections in some polling units.
In the pleading of the appellant, the “election was not conducted in some wards and polling units,” noting in his averment that the conduct of an election rests under the Electoral Act, 2022, which includes the report of accreditation with the BVAS machine as retrieved from the BVAS machines and the Voters’ Register.
“Without the record of accreditation by BVAS and the Voters Register, there is no election. These are basic provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the Regulations made by INEC,” he stated.
He urged the appellate court to resolve the issue in his favour.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Kalu as the winner of the election with 30,805 votes with Nnamdi Iroh announced to have secured 27,540 votes in the election on February 25.
