Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- A sacked senator, Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) has filed an appeal against Friday's judgement of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari that sacked him as a lawmaker.

He disclosed this to journalists on Saturday where he also said he has filed an injunction for Stay of Execution on the judgement pending the determination of his appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

A Stay of Execution is a court order to temporarily suspend the execution of a court judgment or other court order.

Justice Bello Rawu had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Mr Ubah and to issue a fresh certificate to the candidate of the Peoples D...