Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, who contested as the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in the 2019 general elections in Imo State, has lost his appeal at Apex Court over double nomination.
A chieftain of the Action Peoples Party, Mr Uche Nnadi, had dragged Nwosu to the Federal High Court where the court held that he was not qualified to contest for the election.
The court base its verdict on the fact that Nwosu already had a valid ticket of the All Progressives Congress.
Unsatisfied with the ruling of the Court, Nwosu approached the Court of Appeal to put the decision to further test.
The Court dismissed all issues raised by Nwosu in his appeal.
Not satisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal, Nwosu headed for the apex court to upturn the decision.
The apex court, in its judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Augie, upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.
The Supreme Court, in its judgment, dismissed Nwosu’s appeal, saying that he couldn’t benefit from his iniquity.
The Court also dismissed the argument by Nwosu’s lawyer that the suit was statute-barred.
Justice Augie said that the appellant cannot be allowed to benefit from his own iniquity.
“This case rests on the issue of illegality and this court cannot be used to enforce illegalities.
This appeal is hereby dismissed.”
In his reaction shortly after the judgment, the Chairman of the APC, Ikenga Ugochinyere, said the implication was that all the votes given to Nwosu at that election were void votes.
