The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia State during the last general elections, Okey Ahiwe, has approached the Supreme Court to nullify of Appeal Court’s ruling which upheld the election of Governor Alex Otti.

Recall that the three-man judges of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos dismissed appeals brought before it by candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Okey Ahiwe and All Progressives Congress (APC), High Chief Ikechi Emenike to challenge the validity of Otti’s election for lack of merit.

The three-member Court of Appeal panel unanimously confirmed Otti’s election victory, stating that it was by the stipulations of the Electoral Act.

The appellate court ruled that petitions brought by the appellants lacked merit, as they were like “a comedy skit brought to a democratic setting”.

Reacting to the judgment, the PDP in a statement signed by its Acting State Publicity Secretary, Abraham Amah, advised its members and supporters to remain steadfast, calm, peaceful, and law-abiding.

Amah said, “The attention of the Abia PDP has been drawn to the judgment of the three-man panel of Appeal Court judges which sat in Lagos and upheld the decision of the Abia Election Petition Tribunal which had affirmed Alex Otti as the winner of the March 18, 2023 Abia governorship election following his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Following the judgment of the Appeal Court, the Abia PDP assures its members, numerous supporters across Party lines, and the good people of Abia State to remain calm as the Party leadership is meeting with the governorship candidate and his running mate and the legal team to review the judgment of the Appeal Court and come up with the next line of action.

Abia PDP uses this opportunity to reiterate its confidence in the Judiciary as the last hope of the common man and one of the strongest pillars of our democracy.

We call on members of the PDP, our numerous supporters and sympathizers, and the good people of Abia State to remain steadfast, calm, peaceful, and law-abiding and put our hope and trust in God and the Judiciary as we explore the options available to us.

We also call on the good people of Abia who have been suffering under the bad policies of Alex Otti to know that the Party would never abandon them.”

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