The Court of Appeal has quashed the March 8 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and his deputy for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The appellate court panel of three held in a judgment on Friday that the Constitution did not provide any punishment for a Governor or Deputy Governor who defected from the party on which platform he/she got to elected.
Justice Haruna Tsanami, who read the judgment said the appellate court held that the only option opened to a political party, aggrieved by the defection of a Governor or Deputy Governor, is to explore the impeachment option provided as provided for in the Constitution.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja aligned with an earlier decision on the same issue given by the court’s Enugu division.
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