Izuchukwu OkosiAll Progressives Grand Alliance flagbearer Professor Chukwuma Soludo who emerged winner of the 2021 Anambra gubernatorial election has continued to count his winnings as the Federal High Court presiding in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor.
Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo in a judgment that further buttressed the fairness of the election in Anambra state described the suit as lacking merit and a waste of the court’s time.
Oladipupo awarded a punitive cost of N2M against the two plaintiffs Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka who filed the case through their lawyer Kelvin Okoko. The sum is to be paid to Prof. Soludo and his deputy, Mr Ibezim
Soludo polled a total of 112,229 votes to claim victory ahead of Peoples Democratic Party’s Valentine Ozigbo won 53,807 votes, while the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, came third with 43,285.
Anambra has a total of 2,466,638 registered voters, while 253,388 were accredited for the election.
The plaintiffs in the suit alleged that the onetime Chief Economic Adviser to the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Soludo, submitted false information to election arbitrar INEC in his form EC9 by not establishing he was contesting for the position in Anambra state.
Voting was extended by two days in Anambra state to allowing people exercise their franchise in Ihiala Local Government Area, which was the only local government where elections did not hold on November 6.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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