S-Court didn't void my election ----Sen. Andy Uba
(Nigeria) Sen. Andy Uba (PDP-Anambra South) says the January
29, 2016 judgment of the Supreme Court in respect of the political situation in
Anambra State did not void his election into the Senate as being
misrepresented.
Uba In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, however, urged his
supporters to remain calm, law abiding and disregard the misrepresentation of
the court's ruling.
He said that the Supreme Court ruling dealt primarily with
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state.
He explained that the spirit and letter of the judgment were
misrepresented as none of the National Assembly members from the state was a
party to the suit, adding that their positions could not have been affected by
the court ruling.
``It should furthermore be noted that neither I, Sen. Andy
Uba in particular, nor all the other members of the National Assembly from
Anambra State was ever mentioned in the body of the ruling.
"This is not my first encounter with the Supreme Court.
I have a history of subjecting myself to the ruling of the Supreme Court,
however unpalatable they may be to my person.
"Nigerians will recall that in 2007 when the Supreme
Court, in it's wisdom, ruled against me as the then governor of Anambra State,
that as a law abiding citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in spite
of personal consequences to my person and the people of Anambra State, I
vacated office as ordered.
"I, therefore, having been so advised by my lawyers and
having gone through the contents of the ruling of the judgment, understand it
to what the Supreme Court intended unequivocally to be a suit determining the
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State and no other
matter.
"I will, therefore, enjoin my supporters, the people of
my constituency and all well-meaning Nigerians to disregard previous
misrepresentation of the informed ruling of the revered Justices of the Supreme
Court," the statement added.
It will be recalled that Sen. Stella Oduah had also in a
statement on Friday in Abuja, described as ``a misinterpretation'', media
reports which quoted a Supreme Court judgment to have sacked her and other
federal lawmakers from Anambra.
In a statement by Cynthia Ferdinand, the Press Secretary to
Sen. Oduah, said that the report in the media was misleading as the apex court
did not order the withdrawal of her certificate of return.
Meanwhile, the media said that the apex court had ordered
the replacement of Oduah and other federal lawmakers from the state, saying
that their nomination to contest in the 2015 election was wrong.
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