Reps seat: I won’t appeal tribunal judgement in case against Kalu – LP’s Frank Chinasa

Hon. Frank Chinasa, who ran for the Labour Party in the election for the Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, has finally given up his place to Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who is the Deputy Speaker of the House.

Friday, the LP candidate told reporters in Abuja about this. He said he made this choice because he cared about the people in the constituency.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said that Kalu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won the race on February 25 after getting 10,020 of the 22,308 votes. This was reported by DAILY POST.

Not happy with how the election turned out, the LP candidate went to the National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, to try to get Kalu’s win overturned.

But in a decision last week, the tribunal confirmed the fact that the Deputy Speaker won the February election.

There were rumors that the Labour Party leader might go to the court of appeals to try to overturn the tribunal’s decision, but Chinasa told journalists on Friday that he has chosen to stop suing and will support Kalu instead.

He said that the Deputy Speaker has the same goal of doing a good job of representing the people of Bende. He also said that Kalu is still his brother and friend.

He said, “I’m here to tell everyone that I don’t want to take this case any further than the tribunal.” This just means that I have chosen not to pursue the case any further.

“Kalu and I have been friends for decades, and the short-lived political actions of today can’t change that. First of all, we are Bende brothers.

“We are also good friends, and we both want to make sure that our people are well-represented.”