Tribunal orders substituted services on Ekweremadu, 8 others | Nairalaw

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in
Enugu on Monday granted ex parte applications for substituted
services on Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and eight other
members of the PDP declared winners of the February 16 NASS
elections.

The chairman of the tribunal, Justice C. H. Ahuchaogu after
hearing the application ordered the petitioners/applicants to serve
the respondents through the chairman or any principal officer of
the PDP in the state.

Earlier, counsel to the petitioners/applicants, Ochiagha Uzor
who held the brief of Sunday Ameh, told the tribunal that it had
been difficult to serve the various respondents with the
processes.

Mr Uzor said that the respondents could not be cited at their
known addresses, hence, the application to serve them through
substituted means.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that those to be served
through substituted means are the Chukwuka Utazi, Chimaroke
Nnamani, Pat Asadu, Toby Okechukwu and Okey Marthins.

Others are Denis Amadi, Offor Chukwuegbo, and John Nnaji.

The petitioners/applicants are Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, Eugene
Odo, Ikechukwu Ugwuegede, Lawrence Eze, Marthins Ilo and Jonathan
Aniekezie.

Others are Joseph Mmamel, Nelson Arum and Okwudili Nwafor all of
the APC.

NAN