Double Wahala for Ekweremadu As He Lands in Fresh Trouble Over His Senatorial Seat

• The court has been asked bu a lawyer in Enugu state to declare Enugu West constituency seat vacant
• Enugu West constituency is being represented at the upper chamber of the National Assembly by former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu
• According to Onyeama, the seat cannot continue to be vacant while Ekweremadu remains in detention

Ogochukwu Onyema has asked the federal high court in Abuja to declare the seat of Ike Ekweremadu, senator representing Enugu west, vacant.

Onyema is an Enugu-based lawyer, Ogochukwu Onyema, who hails from the senatorial district of the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

Onyema contested the party’s ticket for the position in 2019 but lost to the former deputy senate president.

Read also

Big shake-ups among Nigerian governors as Fayemi steps aside, Tambuwal in

Recall that Ekweremadu is the serving senator from Enugu West constituency and he is currently in detention in the United Kingdom where he is facing charges bordering on alleged organ trafficking.

According to Onyeama, the seat cannot continue to be vacant while Ekweremadu remains in detention.

He also prayed the court to command and mandate the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and INEC to “withdraw or revoke, as the case may be, the Certificate of Return earlier issued to the 3rd defendant (Ekweremadu) and issue a fresh “Certificate of Return” to him.

He asked the court to determine among others: “Whether by virtue of the continuous absence of the 3rd defendant (Ekweremadu) from the Senate since June 22, 2022 or days prior (when he last attended the sitting of the Senate), till the date of adaptation of this Summons, or any other date thereafter, it could be said that the 3rd defendant is still validly representing the plaintiff (Onyema) and Enugu West Senatorial District, as provided by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Senate Standing Order 2015 as amended, in Nigeria Senate."

Read also

2023: Atiku's chances shaky as powerful APC chieftain holds closed-door meeting with Obasanjo

Prominent Nigerian journalist offers to donate kidney to Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia

Meanwhile, a Kaduna-based Journalist, John Femi Adi, has offered willingly, to donate one of his kidneys to Sonia the ailing daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

Adi made this announcement through a post he shared on his Facebook page on Friday morning, September 16.

Announcing in a Facebook post titled “Willing to save a soul” on Friday morning, Adi explained that he is making the donation based on God’s directive.

Source: Legit.ng