Friday, MAY 19 2023-theGBJournal |Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti as well as all the candidates of Labour Party Nigeria (LP) today, lost their candidature, as a Federal High Court sitting in Kano found them in contravention of the provisions of the 2022 electoral Act.
The judgement, delivered by presiding Justice M.N Yunusa, ruled that the failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) within 30 days before the primaries renders the process invalid.
According to the Judge, ”The Party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be declared winner of an election, this being so, the votes credited to the 1st defendant is a wasted vote.”
The suit, FHC/KN/CS/107/2023, was filed by Mr. Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against Labour Party and the INEC.
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