By Nwafor Okafor
The Anambra State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 6 poll, Senator Andy Uba has rejected appeals by Anambra stakeholders to withdraw his election petition against the governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo.
Head, Media Affairs, Soludo Campaign Organisation, Mr Joe Anatune stated this in an interview with our correspondent.
He said all the stakeholders in Anambra have urged Uba to accept defeat and congratulate Soludo, but “he has made up his mind to go to court and there is nothing anybody can do.”
Anatune said the APGA’s victory would be upheld by the court because the election was the peaceful, free, and fair.
Anatune noted that both Soludo and APGA would be waiting for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Andy Uba, in court “with evidence to defend Soludo’s victory.”
“We are prepared to go to court because we know the people have spoken through their votes and there is nothing the other candidates can prove to counter the will of the people,” he said.
Meanwhile, one of Soludo’s lawyers,
Sylvester Ezeokenwa, has alleged that Andy Uba is hoping that a judge can be compromised to upturn Soludo’s victory.
He said this after revealing that Soludo team had reached out to Uba, and there is no hope the aggrieved APC candidate would withdraw his petition.
Ezeokenwa said, “Uba’s hope is solely hinged on the belief that that the judges can be compromised. I have seen the petition and as far as I am concerned, he has no case.”
