Rev. Francis Waive has spoken out on his sack as lawmaker representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency

 

Rev. Francis Waive has spoken out on his sack as lawmaker representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency

Waive of the All Progressives Congress was sacked by the National Assembly Elections Tribunal on Monday.

The tribunal also declared Solomon Ahwinahwi of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the February 25, 2023 election.

According to Waive, he was sacked by the Tribunal sitting in Asaba over his failure to publish his educational qualifications on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s portal.

In a statement on Monday, Waive declared his intention to appeal the ruling.

He said;

“The National Assembly Elections Tribunal Asaba ruled (in layman’s language) that the non-publication of my educational qualifications in INEC portal is ground to disqualify me and declare the loser of the election the winner.

“Let me state clearly like I did before the Tribunal with documented evidence that I did submit all required documents including my qualifications as required by INEC.

“The non publication of same on the INEC portal is definitely not my making or within my power to effect. And I did write INEC on this.

“Very importantly however, the non publication by INEC is not known to our laws as a ground for disqualification of a candidate.

“Consequently I have instructed my lawyers to appeal the judgement.
I call on our people to remain calm and law abiding as we continue in the struggle to make our country a better place to live in.