Justice Tijani Abubakar in the lead judgment held that since the appellant’s brief was found to be invalid, the invalidity also affected the appeal in respect of which the appeal was filed.Ībubakar proceeded to dismiss the brief and appeal filed by the appellants. Gold Rush Supreme Scratch Off is an exciting lottery game that offers players the chance to win big prizes instantly. The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Tribunal and dismissed the suit, awarded the sum of N250,000 each against Nnaji and the APC.Ī five-member panel of the Supreme Court while delivering judgment on the appeal, held that the legal team of the APC and Nnaji filed an invalid brief of argument and failed to convince the court with cogent reason why the appellants’ incompetent brief should be allowed. But not satisfied, Nnaji approached the court of appeal, requesting it to send the dismissed petition back to the Tribunal for hearing and determination of the suit. Nnaji’s petition was on June 20, 2023, dismissed by the Enugu State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal led by Justice K.M Akano. He claimed the candidates were not qualified to contest the election, having allegedly run foul of the asset declaration law among other reliefs. Nnaji had asked the court to disqualify Mbah the Labour Party, LP, candidate, Chijioke Edeoga and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate, Frank Nweke Jr. Mbah was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the election as he polled 160,895 votes to defeat Nnaji who polled a total of 14,575 and came a distant fourth in the election. The Supreme Court on Friday, September 15, 2023, dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate in the last Enugu State governorship election, Uche Nnaji, challenging the victory of Governor Peter Mbah.
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