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Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday nullified the April 3 , 2019 judgment of the Federal High Court , Abuja which sacked Senator Peter Nwaoboshi as the Peoples Democratic Party ’s senator- elect for the Delta North Senatorial seat .
The Federal High Court in Abuja had by its said judgment declared Ned Nwoko as the true candidate of the PDP for the February 23 , 2019 National Assembly election .
A three - man panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgment , held that the Federal High Court in Abuja ’s judgment was a nullity as the said Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to have heard the case filed by Nwoko.
Justice Mohammed Idris , in the lead judgment of the panel , held that the suit by Nwoko was statute -barred and that Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court , Abuja ought not to have heard the case in the first place .
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