The Supreme Court has stood down the judgment on the dispute over who is the lawful governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi for the 2023 election at 3 pm today.
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A five-member panel, headed by Justice Amina Augie, announced on Wednesday that the judgment would be rendered by 3 pm today after entertaining final submissions from lawyers to parties in the appeal marked: SC/CV/ 939/2022 filed by Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odie.
It was reported that Mr. Odii and Sen. Joseph Obinna Ogba had locked horns in a legal battle over who was validly elected as the party’s candidate for the next year’s poll in the party’s primaries that took place on different occasions in the State.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had, recently, declared the senator representing Ebonyi Central Zone, Ogba, as the governorship candidate of the part in the state.
But Mr. Odii, unsatisfied with the court decision, filed an appeal at the apex court.
The five-member panel stood down the matter for judgment after counsel for the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments.
