Businessman and politician, Ned Nwoko has been sacked as Senator-elect representing Delta North Senatorial District.
Nwoko who is also the husband of thespian Regina Daniel was sacked by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.
The court in a decision on Thursday, May 30 said the case instituted at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court which resulted in the recognition of Nwoko as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrongly filed.
The appellate court ruled that the matter ought to have been brought at the lower court before the expiration of 14 days from the time of the incidence that birthed the suit.
Further, it ruled that the failure of the applicant at the lower court to file the case before the expiration of 14 days meant that the case had become statute barred and the lower court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter in the first place. “As at the time the matter was instituted at the Federal High Court, the case was statute barred. We set aside the decision of the Federal High Court and strike out the case,” the court ruled.
Recall that INEC had withdrawn the certificate of return it issued to Peter Nwaoboshi, following the Federal High Court decision. With the judgment reached by the Court of Appeal Court, Nwaoboshi will now be recognised as the senator-elect for the district.
In recent time, Nwoko has been trending on social media for his marriage to 19-year-old thespian Regina Daniel, who is said to be his sixth wife. days back, the new bride was inducted into the womanhood society of Anioma community having partaken of the Otu-Udu Group rites.
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