JUSTICE

The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out Miriam Onuoha’s suit challenging the APC’s recognition of Uchenna Agasu as its candidate for the Isiala/Mbano/Okigwe/Onuimo Federal Constituency in the 2027 election, ruling that a similar matter had already been decided by a court of coordinate jurisdiction.

Two years after the Supreme Court ordered financial autonomy for local governments, South-East states remain divided over how fully the ruling has been implemented, with disputes over state control, JAAC and access to council funds.

NDC Enugu Secretary Sebastine Okafor has dismissed Bishop Oscar Ossai’s court challenge over the Enugu North Senate ticket, insisting no valid primary produced Ossai as the party’s candidate and that INEC records support Dr Chika Obetta.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal over Aguika land in Enugu, ruling that the claimants failed to prove their case that the property was communally owned by the Umuagu Inyi clans.

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