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Written by John Chuks Azu<\/span> Tuesday, 28 June 2011 00:00<\/span><\/p>\n

An Abuja High Court will on Thursday July 21 deliver judgment in a suit filed by a constituent of the Imo West Senatorial district against Senator Hope Uzodinma over alleged falsification of information for the purposes of contesting the April senatorial elections.<\/p>\n

Chief Ebubeagu Godwin Ekenulo had in March requested the court to disqualify Uzodinma, who is the elected Senator for the constituency, alleging that he misinformed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the records filed to it including his date of birth.<\/p>\n

At the hearing yesterday, Ekenulo\u2019s counsel Patrick Ikwueto (SAN) urged the court to order that Uzodinma is not qualified to run for the Senate seat, adding that he has not shown another document to counter the falsified papers.<\/p>\n

But Uzodinma\u2019s counsel, M.A. Aguda prayed the court to discountenance the submissions because they failed to disclose the cause of action. He also argued that the plaintiff has not discharged the burden of proof as contained in section 131 (5) of the Evidence Act by showing that the said documents were actually the ones filed with INEC.<\/p>\n

The suit, which joins the PDP and INEC as defendants, further argues that section 31 (5) of the Electoral Act, 2010 empowers citizens who have relevant information concerning an aspirant to come forward with same.<\/p>\n

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Chief Ebubeagu Godwin Ekenulo had in March requested the court to disqualify Uzodinma, who is the elected Senator for the constituency, alleging that he misinformed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the records filed to it including his date of birth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":448960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-448958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"\nSenate seat: Court rules on Uzodinma\u2019s eligibility July 21 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/senate-seat-court-rules-on-uzodinmas-eligibility-july-21\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Senate seat: Court rules on Uzodinma\u2019s eligibility July 21 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Written by John Chuks Azu Tuesday, 28 June 2011 00:00 An Abuja High Court will on Thursday July 21 deliver judgment in a suit filed by a constituent of the Imo West Senatorial district against Senator Hope Uzodinma over alleged falsification of information for the purposes of contesting the April senatorial elections. 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