On Friday, the Supreme Court affirmed the election of Alex Otti as the governor of Abia State on March 18, 2023.
Justice Uwani Abba-Aji who read the lead judgment, held that the appellants failed to prove substantial non-compliance in their appeal.
On the issue of Otii’s membership, the appellant had contended that he wasn’t validly nominated and sponsored by the Labour Party at the time of the election, but the appellate court held that the issue of membership is an internal affair of the party and as such lacks jurisdiction.
The apex court faulted the appellants for bringing the appeal to the court, tagging it as frivolous and vexatious.
Alex Otti had scored 175,466 votes to defeat Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 88,529 votes in the election.
