Yesterday, news broke out that the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Anambra election was nullified by the court due to the primary held by the party. The court noted that Andy Uba was never a candidate in the election. This was a result of a case brought to the court by George Moghalu, an aspirant under the umbrella of APC who vehemently said the party didn’t hold a primary election before Andy Uba emerged as candidate.
Following this judgment, if there is anything Andy Uba should be grateful for, it is for the fact that he didn’t win the election though it sounds somehow. Before the election, there was several battle Andy Uba fought starting from the religious sector. We all saw how Nigerian prophet, Primate Ayodele made a statement that Andy Uba cannot become the governor of Anambra state and that he should not bother contesting. As if that wasn’t enough, several allegations relating to certificate issues, debt profile were linked to him, giving him a tough time while trying to sell himself to the people of Anambra.
The fact that he didn’t win the election saved him from a colossal embarrassment and a situation where people will start saying history has repeated itself again. It would be recalled that when Andy Uba first served as the governor Anambra state some years ago, he was sacked after 10 days by the court, making him the shortest serving governor of the state.If he had won the recently concluded Anambra election, he would have been sacked again and asked to vacate the position for the party with the next highest vote due to yesterday’s judgment.
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