A Federal High Court sitting inAbakiliki, Ebonyi State capital hasdisqualified Governor DavidUmahi and his younger brother,Chief Austin Umahi from contestingthe senatorial election as thecandidate of the All ProgressivesCongress (APC) for Ebonyi South.

The court also declared Mrs AnnAgom-Eze winner of the Primaryelection.

Umahi’s younger brother, ChiefAustin Umahi, had won the firstprimary election conducted by theAPC in the district.

But after losing at the APCpresidential primary election, theEbonyi State chapter of the partycancelled the earlier primary andrescheduled another one where thegovernor picked the ticket.

The rescheduled Ebonyi South APCSenatorial primary election waslater held at the Afikpo North LocalGovernment Council, with Umahiclinching the party’s senatorialticket after other contestants,including his younger brother,stepped down for him.

In a suit filed by the governor asking the court to compel INEC to publish his name as the APC Senatorial Candidate for Ebonyi South, the Judge, Justice Fatun Riman cited section 115 of the Electoral Act which forbids a person from standing two different primary elections in the same year.

The judge said in his judgment thatsuch a person if found claiming toparticipate in two primary electionsrisks two years jail term.

The Judge declared that the authentic Senatorial Candidate of the APC for Ebonyi South is Mrs Ann Agom-Eze since initial winner,Austin Umahi withdrew from the race.