Date Published: 12/16/09

Governorship Election: Appeal Court stops Soludo

Charles Soludo

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governorship candidate, Professor Charles Soludo has lost his bid to contest the February 6, 20010 Governorship election in Anambra State. The Court of Appeal declared today that former apex bank chief cannot partake in the election.

The appellate court further ordered the embattled former Central Bank governor to desist forthwith from soliciting votes or parading himself as the party’s candidate until the controversy trailing his nomination process is finally resolved. The court said that status_quo ante_bellum should be maintained by all the parties in the matter.

A three-man panel headed by Justice Odili gave the interim injunction in a short ruling yesterday after counsel to the appellants, Mr. Sani Abubakar, drew the attention of the court to the fact that Mr. Soludo had already flagged_off his political campaign despite the subsisting appeal challenging his nomination.